Barack Obama

...to be sent there. Mr Obama convened a group of senior officials, including Vice President Joe Biden, Mr Gates, and Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, for a two-hour "war council" meeting on Monday night. It was the ninth and final...

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...to send thousands more U.S. troops. The White House said Obama would meet with Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other officials at an 8 p.m. EST/0100 GMT Tuesday meeting in the...

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That's because both Steve Schmidt (who ran day-to-day operations for the McCain campaign), David Plouffe (Obama's campaign manager), as well as Obama's vice presidential running mate Joe Biden all attended the University of Delaware, about an...

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...to tell Congress of his plans for the troops. Mr Obama convened a group of senior officials, including Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Mr Gates, at 8:13 pm. EST in the White House Situation Room. The...

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Could Hillary Clinton Replace Biden as Obama's VP? The hot rumor in Washington: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton could replace Vice President Joe Biden on the 2012 Obama re-election ticket. It would be a reward for her work at State and...

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’Stick with him,’ Biden tells Iowans of Obama Your browser s security settings are preventing some features from appearing. See instructions for fixing the problem. 'Stick with him,' Biden tells Iowans of Obama BY TOM BEAUMONT...

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...strategy that would accelerate the training of Afghan forces and intensify aerial strikes against al-Qaida operatives in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Many congressional Democrats prefer Biden's approach, and Obama has been considering a...

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