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• Fact Check: Biden v. Ryan

  October 11, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON - In their first and only debate, Vice President Joe Biden and Republican Rep. Paul Ryan verbally wrestled over Medicare, Social Security and abortion. But sometimes it was the … 1

• Ryan, Biden interrupt one another

  October 11, 2012 in Nation/World DANVILLE, Ky. — At odds early and often, Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan squabbled over the economy, taxes, Medicare and more Thursday night in a contentious, interruption-filled debate. “That … 52

• Tax defeat could trigger new recession, WH warns

  December 8, 2010 in Nation/World Raising the direst alarm yet, the Obama administration warned fellow Democrats today that if they defeat the big tax-cut compromise detested by many liberals, they could jolt the nation back … 19

• Biden speaks at memorial at Fort Lewis

  November 11, 2009 in City on Page A8 FORT LEWIS, Wash. – Seven Fort Lewis soldiers killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan were “decent, ordinary, yet extraordinary” young men to whom the nation owes more than it …

• Biden: 7 Wash. state soldiers were extraordinary

  November 10, 2009 in Region Seven Fort Lewis soldiers killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan were “decent, ordinary, yet extraordinary” young men to whom the nation owes more than it can repay, Vice President …

• Shells fired at Green Zone during surprise Biden visit

  September 16, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 BAGHDAD – Insurgents fired four mortar shells at Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone on Tuesday, killing two civilians, on the same day Vice President Joe Biden arrived in the Iraqi …

• Jackson Diehl: Russian kinship ‘reset’ unlikely

  February 24, 2009 in Opinion on Page A9 MOSCOW – Normally sour Russian officials are almost jaunty in describing their first engagements with the Obama administration. It’s not just Vice President Joe Biden’s recent promise of a “reset” …

• Biden attends Special Olympics, awards medals

  February 13, 2009 in City on Page A11 BOISE – Vice President Joe Biden says that President Barack Obama is committed to programs designed to improve the livelihood of Americans with disabilities and special needs. To demonstrate his …

• Biden praises Special Olympic athletes

  February 12, 2009 in Idaho BOISE — Vice President Joe Biden says the President Barack Obama is committed to programs designed to improve the livelihood of Americans with disabilities and special needs.

• David Broder: Biden adjusting to new houses

  February 12, 2009 in Opinion on Page A11 When Joe and Jill Biden moved to Washington on Jan. 20 as he took up his duties as vice president, they moved their bed down from the family home in …

• Clinton joins administration

  February 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Yes, that was Chevy Chase, the former “Saturday Night Live” funnyman, in the crowd at Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s ceremonial swearing-in Monday at the State Department. …

• Vice president to lead task force on middle class

  January 31, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – For anyone expecting Vice President Joe Biden to disappear in a sea of strong-willed Cabinet heavyweights, an event at the White House on Friday morning was a signal: …

• Did Biden nix job at State?

  January 20, 2009 in City on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Joe Biden’s wife said Monday that he had his pick of being Barack Obama’s running mate or the secretary of state nomination that eventually went to Hillary Rodham …

• Economic team refines stimulus package

  December 24, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Amid a drumbeat of grim economic reports, President-elect Barack Obama’s top economic advisers met Tuesday to refine plans for a massive stimulus proposal, promising the money would not …