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  • Biden to be Obama's 'confidant' (scary thought!)

    01/25/2009 4:48:02 PM PST · by markomalley · 46 replies · 651+ views
    BBC ^ | 1/25/2009
    Days into his new job, US Vice President Joe Biden says he sees his role as being a "confidant" and "adviser" to President Obama. "I don't see myself as the deputy president. I see myself as the president's confidant," Mr Biden told CBS News programme Face the Nation. "Hopefully I'm the last person in the room with every important decision he makes," the former senator added. (snip) Mr Cheney was reputed to have been the architect of some of the Bush administration's most controversial policies, from the Iraq war, to interrogation tactics and an unprecedented spy programme. In contrast, Mr...
  • Biden says American deaths in Afghanistan are likely to increase (Thanks, Joe)

    01/25/2009 5:16:45 PM PST · by markomalley · 33 replies · 1,141+ views
    Baltimore Sun ^ | 1/25/2009 | Peter Wallsten
    Vice President Biden, in a somber assessment of the road ahead, predicted Sunday that American casualties will climb in Afghanistan as the Obama administration shifts military priorities in the battle against terrorism. The war in that country will get bloodier, he said, as the U.S. sends in additional troops to take back territory now controlled by Taliban militants, who were weakened when American forces invaded following the 9/11 terrorist attacks but have regained strength in recent years. "We've inherited a real mess," Biden said in an interview on CBS' Face the Nation, referring to decisions by the Bush administration and...