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Anticipating this problem, Vice President-elect Joe Biden announced last month that he will avoid the worst abuses of the political earmarking system. "Every dollar will be closely watched to make sure it's being used in an effective manner," Biden said. "I know it's the Christmas season, but President-elect Obama and I are absolutely, absolutely determined that this economic-recovery package will not become a Christmas tree...
...Regis and the classic Washington power-lunching spot, Old Ebbitt Grill, are still taking reservations. The local eatery Oakville Grille & Wine Bar in Bethesda is offering a special prix-fixe menu - the three-course "Red, White & Blue" meal for $30, which includes a "Blueberry Bama" or a "Very Berry Biden" martini on Inauguration...
...degree at a special ceremony in December. Though the University normally dispenses honorariums during Commencement, it delayed Kennedy's award because his medical treatment prevented him from appearing at the spring ceremony. The December event drew national press and political luminaries—including Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and Mass. Senator John F. Kerry—to campus to honor Kennedy for his lifetime commitment to public service. Kennedy's niece, Caroline, who has said she would like to join her uncle in the senate by taking Hillary Rodham Clinton's New York seat, was also...
...known as an unwavering conservative, but he often worked across the aisle. In the 1990s, he and Senator Joe Biden collaborated on significant U.N. reform, and at the end of the Clinton presidency, Helms and his fellow Republicans achieved a balanced-budget agreement, something he had fought for since his first day on Capitol Hill...
...carnage in the former Yugoslav republic, followed by a peace deal forged by then Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke and signed in Dayton, Ohio. The deal, which carved Bosnia into two ethnically based statelets while retaining a weak common government, was so successful that vice-president-elect Joe Biden suggested it should be used as a model for ending the sectarian war in Iraq...