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Vice President Biden said the White House has been working “around the clock” on the piracy situation off the Somali coast. “We’re not going to settle that here,” Biden acknowledged when asked after a photo-op on the stimulus plan what the U.S. is doing about the pirates. “I think what you should do is contact Jim Jones and the White House,” Biden suggested, even as an aide tried to discourage him from answering the question and usher pool out of the room. “This is being worked on around the clock since this happened. I’m not in a position right now”...