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...Another key chairman-to-be, Joseph Biden, who will take over the Foreign Relations Committee in January, was miffed that the commission dismissed his proposal to federalize Iraq, setting up Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish regions run by largely autonomous governments. Shortly after the 96-page report's public release, Biden issued a lengthy critique of its recommendations. The changes the commission proposed, Biden complained, "are necessary, but not sufficient to achieve the objective most Americans share: to leave Iraq without leaving chaos behind." The commission's proposal to beef up U.S. military trainers embedded in Iraqi units while withdrawing...
...essentially conceded the state to him. Edwards has been in Iowa so much he's essentially the second presidential candidate who lives in the state. On the day Vilsack announced, Edwards was in Des Moines to sign copies of his new book. Senators Evan Bayh, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden, all considering presidential runs, have already been in the state, as has Obama. And that's just his challenge in Iowa. As the Washington Post reported this week, Vilsack isn't even guaranteed the support from people who have been close advisers in his earlier runs for office. One former...
...commitment of the Iraqi Kurds to building a new Iraq. James A. Baker III, co-chairman of a congressionally mandated commission tasked with formulating new policy options, has ruled out the idea of dividing Iraq. The most prominent American politician to endorse anything resembling partition is Senator Joseph Biden, who, along with former Council on Foreign Relations president Leslie Gelb, proposes dividing Iraq into three regions while maintaining a "central government in charge of common interests...
...addition, last weekend continued a string of appearances by national political celebrities, including Saturday's visit by U.S. Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, a potential 2008 White House hopeful. Biden, speaking less than 24 hours after a $90,000 fundraiser in the area headlined by White House spokesman Tony Snow, told local reporters that a win this fall could "change things for the next 20 years." But given how similar politically Davis and Lucas are, perhaps those changes won't be as drastic as Biden and his fellow Democrats would like to believe...
...Biden Isn't Being Coy About Running for President While other candidates pretend to be weighing their options, the Delaware Senator views 2008 as his last shot - and he doesn't care who knows...