Biden's Son Will Deploy to Iraq by Month's End

Beau Biden, 39, is captain in Delaware National Guard

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 13, 2008 11:48 AM CST

(Newser) – Joe Biden’s son Beau, 39, will be sent to Iraq by Thanksgiving, Politico reports. Beau Biden, a captain in the Delaware National Guard and also the state’s attorney general, will leave Fort Bliss, Texas, for the Middle East in the next two weeks with the rest of Delaware’s 261st Tactical Theater Signal Brigade.

Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., attends a deployment ceremony Oct. 3, 2008, for the unit of the Delaware Army National Guard in which son Beau serves as a captain. (AP Photo)

Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden has been mentioned as a replacement for his father, Vice-President-elect Joe Biden, in the US Senate. (AP Photo)

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., left, embraces his son Beau on stage at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Aug. 27, 2008. (AP Photo)

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Shannonals

Nov 13, 2008 2:32 AM CST

Evdiently Corona_King has never served his country, otherwise he would know that Reserve/National Guard units train in CONUS prior to deploying to OCONUS. You cannot simply activate a unti and send them into a hostile country without training

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