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Obama Surprises Joe Biden With The Presidential Medal Of Freedom

... @Greg Jaffe. President Obama awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to a shocked Vice President Biden on Thursday at the White House. Biden and the president had gathered with others for what the White House had described as a final tribute to the vice president. [ The Obama-Biden bond is among the strongest in White House history ]. The event began with a playful and heartfelt tribute from Obama to one of his closest friends and confidants in Washington. As he finished his remarks, the president asked one of his military aides to come to the stage. “For the final time as president I am pleased to award our nation’s highest civilian honor.” Obama began as a Marine officer bearing the medal stood by. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post). Biden immediately spun around, turning his back to the crowd, and wiped his face and eyes with his handkerchief. The president bestowed the medal “with distinction,” an additional level of veneration that his three immediate predecessors had reserved for only three others — Pope John Paul II, ...

Would The Onion’s Diamond Joe Biden Support Trump

... to understand the hard-working, hardscrabble former machinists. And these are all guys who we went to high school with, and maybe they don’t hate anyone, but there’s something about Trump’s appeal that speaks to almost every guy exactly like Joe Biden. Maybe. It’s so hard to divorce myself from what he actually is. But I guess it’s kind of true. You know he would be concerned with new factory jobs and stuff like that. And political correctness. He definitely doesn’t like political correctness. It’s a tough one. You don’t want to think it’s true, but you don’t want to think it’s true about relatives you have, too, right. Yeah. And sometimes relatives inspire parts of Biden, too. Is there any evidence that actual, real-life Joe Biden knows and acknowledges the character he’s become in your pages. We did a Reddit Ask Me Anything , and he replied to that on Twitter. I think we replied that Diamond Joe would never drive such a ...

President Obama Awards Joe Biden Presidential Medal Of Freedom

... Kennedy was forced into an uncomfortable silence. As a presidential candidate, he was never much. But, in the role he's played over the past eight years, he's been something close to perfect. Could there ever have been a better foil for President Cool Hand No Drama than Joe Biden, who always reminded me of the Irish uncle who gets invited to all the wakes. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. Lessons from Cory Booker and John Lewis. The joy he takes in the political scrum is unfathomable to me, but it's fathomless to him, and I think what I wrote about him in advance of his 2012 vice-presidential debate with Paul Ryan still goes. Joe Biden is not riven with self-doubt. Joe Biden is not exhausted by the hurly-burly of politics. Joe Biden is not burdened by the weight of events and laid low by the constant battle against know-nothing obstructionism. Joe Biden is not going to take the stage tonight ...

President Obama Surprises Joe Biden With Medal Of Freedom

... War criminal got medal from Obama? Not surprised. Obama likes criminals, he is one of them. Luckily everything Obama did will be erased. Like he never existed. John Dow. War criminal got medal from Obama? Not surprised. Obama likes criminals, he is one of them. Luckily everything Obama did will be erased. Like he never existed. Mrs. Freeze. That was really touching. I’ll miss these guys. Mrs. Freeze. Full o’ shit as always. They are both so lovely. :). They are both so lovely. :). Mrs. Freeze. Hey Joy ;). Maria M. They are giving medals to one another! It doesn’t get more pathetic than that! My God, I am so happy we won’t have to see their ugly mugs ever again after 20 th. Hey Freezy! : D hughug. Esoteric 11. Yep, Dow is Trumpster. He is always on here twisting thing around and lying. I think he has serious mental issues. You’re an idiot. Learn some history. And enjoy Trump’s handsome face. *bleeeeeurgh*. A presidential bromance. I love it. A presidential bromance. I love it. I am Evelyn Salt. It was a beautiful moment. ...

Steven Mcdonald, James Comey, Joe Biden

... with the Presidential Medal of Freedom Thursday, praising the vice president as an "extraordinary man with an extraordinary career in public service." Obama said he's bestowing Biden, who appeared visibly stunned , with the nation's highest civilian honor for "faith in your fellow Americans, for your love of country and a lifetime of service that will endure through the generations.". C-SPAN Interrupted by Russian News. Web surfers expecting to tune into C-SPAN's online feed of debate in the House on Thursday instead saw images supplied by the Russian news site RT, which briefly interrupted programming on the network's website. The network is "investigating and troubleshooting this occurrence," Mortman said. The network later said it doesn't believe it was hacked. Watch the interruption. Study: Women Direct Few Top Films. A new study finds that just 7 percent of the 250 highest-grossing films of 2016 were directed by women. The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University on ...

Joe Biden Is A Hero Among Women's Rights Groups. But It Wasn't Always That Way

... to come on. Again, there was a feeling ― communicated to me secondhand ― that Anita Hill had won this thing. She had made her case. And I kept saying, ‘wrong, this ain’t over.’ I was very disappointed.”. Dr. Louise Fitzgerald, a psychologist and academic who had extensively studied sexual harassment, was reportedly ready to testify. Hill’s legal team said they conveyed her willingness to Senate staffers, but legislators never took them up on the offer. Fitzgerald did not return a request for comment for this story. “I just don’t think [the hearing] was designed to really bring out the record,” said Susan Deller Ross, who was a member of Hill’s legal team. “The Republicans acted like prosecutors, and the Democrats acted sort of oblivious. So there was no one really ensuring that they actually investigated the issue in depth.”. While Biden ...

5 Things For Friday, January 13, 2017

... stand against Russia and expressed strong support for NATO, of which Donald Trump is not a fan. Ben Carson, who wants to be the next head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, had a rougher time because Senate Democrats worry he doesn't have any government experience. One common theme this week: many of Trump's Cabinet picks seem to disagree with him on his signature policy positions. 4. California drought. The Golden State hasn't been so golden lately. Winter storms have pounded California with heavy rain and snow, triggering floods and avalanches and even toppling some of its famous giant trees. But there's a silver lining: it's knocking out the drought that's plagued the state for years. More than 7 inches of rain have fallen since Monday and up to a foot of snow has hit the Sierra ...