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Biden's Day in Iraq
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ABC News' Brian Wheeler Reports: A sandstorm may have scrapped a morning TV appearance for Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., but that didn't keep him from making a speech.
According to his Senate office, most of Biden’s business in Iraq was conducted in Anbar province and its capital city, Ramadi, as a sandstorm snarled a planned trip back to Baghdad and an interview on CNN.
While in Ramadi, Biden sat in on the Anbar Reconstruction Forum, a group that included Iraq’s two vice presidents, the deputy prime minister, and the governor of Anbar province.
Asked to address the assembled, Biden said, "America's patience is limited. We cannot want peace, stability, prosperity and justice in Iraq more than you do. Iraq's future is in your hands. Only you can seize it."
Watch video of Biden in Iraq HERE.
While in Ramadi, the Senator was also able, according to his office, to "participate" in a demonstration of his beloved Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle, of which Biden has been a tireless proponent. The extent of his participation in the demo will have to wait until his return stateside, as the source in Biden’s office did not have further details.
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While other candidates talk a good game, Senator Biden's eighth trip to Iraq demonstrates the kind of hands-on leadership our country sorely needs. Never afraid to get his hands dirty; never unwilling to mix it up; and never at a loss about any issue of national importance; Senator Biden knows more and does more. We haven't had a president of his stature since John F. Kennedy.
The betrayal of Iowans by candidates Clinton and Obama, who went back on their pledge not to campaign in states that advance their primaries, will cost them dearly, and give Senator Biden his rightful place in the limelight.
Posted by: Steve Campitelli | Sep 7, 2007 11:46:51 PM
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