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Vice-President Joe Biden said he "understood" the anguish that led people to suicide as he recounted the deaths of his wife and daughter in a moving speech to the families of fallen US troops.

The Vice President told an audience of dead soldiers' families in Arlington, Virginia that his grief was so great he began to see why people contemplate suicide.

There will be no change to the 2012 Obama-Biden ticket unless polls in July show that the president has lost significant strength in 13 swing states.

Vice President Joe Biden, in most cases a congenial public speaker, showed off a much more emotional side on Friday, when he recounted the agonizing experience of losing his first wife and daughter in a car crash in 1972. Biden was so distraught in the wake of the accident that he even admitted contemplating suicide, he told families of fallen troops."It was the first time in my career, in my l...

(AP Photos) The top quotes in politics ... "There have been bad ones before, but this is by far the worst so far." — Journalist Dan Rather on the 2012 presidential campaign. “It’s nauseating to the American public." — Newark Mayor Cory Booker criticizing the Obama campaign for attacking Mitt Romney's work at Bain Capital. "That no more qualifies you to be president than being a plumber." —  Vi...

First it was Joe Biden, then it was Barack Obama, but the government's support for same-sex marriage just keeps pouring out. Now former Secretary of State Colin Powell has revealed on live television that he has "no problem with it." When asked about the hot topic on CNN, Powell responded: "As I’ve thought about gay marriage, I [...]

KEENE, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Touting his middle-class roots, Vice President Joe Biden took another swipe at Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday as he reveled in his role as the president's campaign attack dog.

Democratic polling has Massachusetts tied up, the S.C. AFL-CIO turned Nikki Haley into a pinata, Colin Powell isn’t ready to endorse, and Joe Biden says private equity is about as relevant to being president as plumbing. Read full article >>

What Cory Booker has to gain by calling President Obama’s attacks on Bain Capital “nauseating”

Vice President Joe Biden kicks off a two-day swing Wednesday through the eastern edge of the must-win battleground state of Ohio.

President Barack Obama insisted he bore no ill will against Vice-President Joe Biden for getting "a little bit over his skis" by proclaiming his own support for same-sex marriage while a guest on “The View” yesterday morning. He also reaffirmed his own belief that the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional and when Barbara Walters asked pointedly if he would work to appeal it, said "C...

Vice President Joe Biden generated headlines -- and inspired a few jokes -- when he credited sitcom "Will & Grace" with educating the American populace on gay rights. Now it's Jay-Z's turn to make headlines. This week, the hip-hop star-entrepreneur and longtime supporter of Barack Obama echoed the president's sentiments on the topic of gay marriage. Denouncing gay rights "is no different th...

Ten things Joe Biden really should apologize for.

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The president of the United States finally comes out in favor of gay marriage

US Vice President Joe Biden has apologised to President Barack Obama for remarks which forced his boss into an early endorsement of same-sex marriage, sources say.

El presidente de EE UU sale finalmente en defensa del matrimonio entre homosexuales

Vice President Joe Biden's comments forced the president out of the closet on same-sex marriage.President Obama's announcement Wednesday that he was done "evolving" and now supports same-sex marriage was, in retrospect, inevitable. Vice President Joe Biden made it so Sunday, when he remarked almost casually that he had grown "comfortable" with gay marriage.

U.S. President Barack Obama says he now supports gay marriage, reversing a long-declared belief amid pressure from Democrats after Vice-President Joe Biden declared his support earlier this week

Joe Biden bromeó con rabinos durante una asamblea en Atlanta; la acción arrancó risas de la multitud

Le vice-président des Etats-Unis Joe Biden, réputé pour ses faux pas et ses déclarations intempestives, a fait mardi le signe de croix devant plusieurs centaines de rabbins conserv...lire la suite

Mitt Romney ayant tout juste "vidé" le gay, Richard Grenell, de son équipe de campagne, voici le sujet du mariage entre personnes du même sexe qui resurgit à la Maison Blanche et donc dans la campagne Obama. Avec Joe Biden, vice président,...

As Will & Grace shows, even the most seemingly innocuous TV can help kick open the shutters in a closed society deck

La presión sobre el presidente de EE UU, Barack Obama, para que aclare si apoya el matrimonio homosexual aumenta después de que su vicepresidente, Joe Biden, dijera que se siente "cómodo" con que las parejas del mismo sexo se casen y del respaldo explícito de su secretario de Educación, Arne Duncan.

The US will grant dissident Chen Guangcheng a visa 'right away' once he applies and expects China to allow him to study in the US, says VP Joe Biden.

The United States will grant Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng a visa as soon as he applies for one, and expects Beijing to stand by its promises, Vice President Joe Biden said on Sunday.

Dan Turner The presidential campaigns are abuzz over a new campaign strategy by President Obama, who is playing up his decisiveness in the military operation that killed Osama bin Laden - and suggesting that his Republican opponent Mitt Romney wouldn’t have done the same. That’s the theme rolled out recently by campaign pit bull (and Vice President) Joe Biden, and it’s the ...

New York University, Tishman Auditorium New York, New York 10:59 A.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Hello, folks.  How are you?  It’s great to be with you all.  (Applause.)  What a great introduction.  I just said I hope she remembers me when she’s President of the United States of America.  (Laughter.) Ladies and gentlemen, it’s great to be before such a distinguished audience at a great u...

On Wednesday, Gene Sperling, director of the National Economic Council, released a 17-page attack on Paul Ryan's budget. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner called an op-ed by one of Mitt Romney's top economists "remarkably hackish." Today, Vice President Joe Biden is giving a speech at New York University in which he'll say Romney intends to take us "back to the failed policies that got us into t...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Air Force Two plane carrying Vice President Joe Biden was struck by birds in California on Thursday, a spokeswoman for his office said, but it landed without problem and the vice president, passengers and crew were safe at all times.

The veep gets on the Twitter. Probably should wait a bit for Instagram, though.

US President Barack Obama dropped in on a meeting Wednesday between Vice President Joe Biden and the leader of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, the White House said in a statement.

A Beijing institution long before US Vice-President Joe Biden wandered in, Yao's Chaogan restaurant fears the wrecking ball.

Documents seen by the Washington Post reveal that Osama Bin Laden was plotting to shoot down aircraft carrying Barack Obama and General David Petraeus, leaving Joe Biden in control as a weak link replacement.

El Capitolio ha contado con un huésped de excepción. George Clooney ha intervenido en esta Cámara para instar a los diputados a que tomen cartas en la crisis de Sudán. El actor y director, que visitó hace poco la región, ha asegurado que la violencia entre los soldados y los rebeldes en las zonas fronterizas y los ataques indiscriminados a civiles podrían llevar a una crisis humanitaria. Cloone...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden told Central American leaders that the United States is determined to defeat transnational gangs and continue funding an offensive against drug traffickers, but didn't publicly address the debate of drug legalization proposed in the region....

Vice President Joe Biden, on a two-day visit to Mexico and Central America amid growing sentiment in the region for the U.S. to legalize drugs, said that won't happen.

US Vice-President Jose Biden is visiting Mexico and Honduras amid calls by regional leaders for a renewed debate on decriminalising drugs.

JOE BIDEN is always ready to jump in as a character witness for Barack Obama. In the last presidential election, he offered effusive testimony that Obama was not too snooty to appeal to sceptical working-class voters.

Le vice-président américain Joe Biden a appelé les dirigeants irakiens à résoudre leurs désaccords avant une éventuelle conférence nationale qui réunirait ...lire la suitehistoires liées21:18 Tia Hellebaut qualifiée pour les Jeux de Londres22:38 Le PSG conserve la tête de la Ligue 100:17 Le PSV détrône Alkmaar en tête du championnat des Pays-Bas22:49 Patinage artistique : 4e titre pour l’Italie...

Vice President Joe Biden hopefully can tell the difference between Eli Manning and Tim Lincecum.

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney traded barbs with Vice President Joe Biden, giving a taste of what voters can expect from the White House if the former Massachusetts governor wins the GOP nomination.

Le vice-président américain a téléphoné au Premier ministre irakien Nouri al-Maliki ainsi qu'au président du Conseil des représentants, Oussama al-Noujaifi, pour faire part de son inquiétude quant au climat politique qui règne à Bagdad, en insistant pour que le Premier ministre et les dirigeants...

Le vice-président américain Joe Biden a téléphoné hier au Premier ministre irakien Al-Maliki afin de lui faire part de son inquiétude quant au climat…

Le vice-président américain Joe Biden a téléphoné mardi au Premier ministre irakien Nouri al Maliki ainsi qu'au président du Conseil des représentants Oussama al Noudjaïfi afin de leur faire part de son inquiétude quant au climat politique qui règne à Bagdad, a annoncé la Maison blanche. Biden leur...

Bei seinem Besuch in Athen hat US-Vizepräsident Joe Biden Zuversicht demonstriert. Griechenland werde gestärkt aus der Krise hervorgehen, sagte Biden nach dem Gespräch mit Griechenlands Ministerpräsident Lucas Papademos.

ANKARA, Turkey — Vice President Joe Biden has called on Turkey to impose new sanctions against Iran, while praising Ankara for its role in pressuring Syria to stop its bloody crackdown on protesters. Biden’s comments — published Friday in the Turkish daily Hurriyet — raise further pressure on President Bashar Assad’s regime. A top U.N. human rights official warned Thursday that Syria has entere...

KHALIS (Reuters) - A car bomb killed 10 people and gunmen executed eight more in Iraq's restive Diyala province Thursday as the government hosted Vice President Joe Biden at a ceremony in Baghdad to mark the departure of American troops.The bomb tore apart a produce market in the mainly Shi'ite town of Khalis, 80 km (50 miles) north of the capital, leaving the street strewn with vegetables, bod...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the United States was keeping its promise to withdraw its troops by the end of the year and the countries were beginning a new phase in their relationship.

A reader writes, "A video made by TechDirt and Fight for the Future of a speech VP Biden gave on November 1st at the London Conference on Cyberspace. In the video VP Biden explains EXACTLY why the Stop Online Piracy Act and the PROTECT-IP Act are both bad ideas and decidedly un-American." A couple of [...]