We 'live on in the future we make,' he tells Harvard audience
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Sen. Ted Kennedy was honored with an honorary degree yesterday in a poignant ceremony at Harvard where he spoke of a "renewed" destiny and reminisced about the days when his life of promise stretched before him. Kennedy appeared strong and in high spirits, despite battling brain cancer, reports the Boston Globe . He described his days at Harvard as "fresh as youth and yesterday" when he "learned to play football and believe" in public service.
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VP-Elect's wife won't be sticking to Naval Conservatory
Politico Nov 28, 08 1:34 PM CST
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Jill Biden is not your typical vice presidential spouse. She has four degrees, three kids, and a teaching career that’s unlikely to take a back seat to her Washington duties, Politico reports. “She’ll still teach in the spring, but hopefully near Washington,” said a colleague at the Delaware community college where she works now. "She’s had some offers I think from four-year schools, but she said, ‘That’s not me.'"
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Once-outspoken Biden content with the back seat
New York Times Nov 26, 08 7:08 AM CST
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The nation's last two vice presidents loomed large in Washington—Al Gore leading on the environment and technology and Dick Cheney practically a shadow president. But when Joe Biden succeeds arguably the most powerful No. 2 in American history, the job is expected to shrink back to its original size. As the New York Times reports, Biden will serve primarily as a counselor and adviser to Barack Obama, and he will not receive a portfolio.
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GOP participants may resist further bailouts
Wall Street Journal Nov 25, 08 4:00 PM CST
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Barack Obama and Joe Biden will discuss measures to help the ailing economy with America’s governors next Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reports, with a two-hour, bipartisan working session in Philadelphia. GOP governors are “looking forward” to hearing Obama’s ideas, but will definitely bring plans of their own, the director of the Republican Governor’s Association said.
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Some say Kaufman is holding spot for Joe's son in 2010 race
News Journal (Del.) Nov 24, 08 7:50 PM CST
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A close Joe Biden aide will take the senator's seat until a special election in 2 years, the Delaware News Journal reports today. Gov. Ruth Ann Minner said she sought Biden's advice in naming Ted Kaufman, who is also a member of Barack Obama's transition team. Some say Kaufman is holding the seat for Attorney General Beau Biden to succeed his father as senator.
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Nuclear nonproliferation among agenda items as Mass. Dem takes over from Biden
Boston Globe Nov 20, 08 12:00 PM CST
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John Kerry will be the next chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the Boston Globe reports, replacing Joe Biden when he assumes the vice presidency in January. Kerry plans to use his new post to ramp up anti-terrorism efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and to curb the spread of nuclear weapons, aides to the Massachusetts Democrat said.
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With state's AG saying he plans to keep that job, dance continues over filling Senate seat
News Journal (Del.) Nov 19, 08 2:21 PM CST
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Joe Biden’s son put an end to speculation he’ll replace his father in the Senate yesterday, saying he won’t accept any offer and looks forward to returning from Iraq to his position as Delaware’s attorney general, the Wilmington News Journal reports. The vice president-elect has yet to decide when he will officially resign his seat.
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ANALYSIS
Cool-hand Barack wants heavy-hitters, isn't afraid of a fight
New York Times Nov 18, 08 6:22 AM CST
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For a man who earned himself the nickname "No-Drama Obama" during the campaign, the president-elect seems to be assembling a surprisingly high-maintenance cabinet, writes Helene Cooper in the New York Times . From Larry Summers to Rahm Emanuel to Hillary Clinton, the partners that Obama has chosen or considered have big personalities and enjoy a catfight—which could quickly turn his cabinet of rivals into a lion's den.
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AFP Nov 13, 08 5:59 PM CST
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Joe Biden and wife Jill paid a pleasant social call this evening on the man Biden once called the "most dangerous vice president" in the nation's history. Dick Cheney and wife Lynne invited the Bidens for a meeting and a tour of the VP's official residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, AFP reports. "It was a good visit," said a Cheney spokeswoman, and a Biden spokeswoman agreed.
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Dem's absence, and Biden's, could effect stimulus plan during lame-duck session
Chicago Tribune Nov 13, 08 3:02 PM CST
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President-elect Obama will resign from the Senate effective Sunday, the Chicago Tribune reports. Illinois state law makes Gov. Rod Blagojevich responsible for choosing Obama’s successor, but states no deadline on the appointment. That could be problematic, with a vote possible during Congress’ lame-duck session on pressing economic issues; the Senate is currently divided 49-49 between Republicans and Democrats.
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Beau Biden, 39, is captain in Delaware National Guard
Politico Nov 13, 08 11:48 AM CST
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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.
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ANALYSIS
Ron Klain joins other Clinton-era colleagues in top posts
Atlantic Nov 13, 08 6:32 AM CST
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Joe Biden has picked Al Gore's former chief of staff to be his own chief of staff, highlighting the Obama team's reliance on Washington insiders, Marc Ambinder writes in the Atlantic . Some Democrats question how Beltway vets like Ron Klain could possibly represent change—but the truth is that the president-elect needs these insiders to make his outsider plans a reality, Ambinder argues. Klain has accepted the job, Politico reports.
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VP-to-be will dine at Naval Observatory tomorrow to discuss transition
Associated Press Nov 12, 08 3:45 PM CST
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Vice President Dick Cheney and Vice President-elect Joe Biden are getting together tomorrow night to discuss the upcoming handoff of the job as the nation's second-in-command. Cheney spokeswoman Megan Mitchell says Cheney and his wife, Lynne, will host Biden and his wife, Jill, at th