JOE BIDEN

Hank Williams Jr. Lashes Out at Media in New Song

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Country singer Hank Williams Jr., whose theme song was pulled from Monday Night Football after he compared President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler, lashed out at the media on Monday with a topical song called Keep the Change.

How Big Can the 'Occupy Wall Street' Movement Grow?

Occupy Wall Street Protest Signs
As the "Occupy Wall Street" protest becomes a movement, joined in the past two weeks by union workers and environmentalists and acknowledged publicly in legitimacy by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, we have to ask the question: How big can the Occupy Wall Street movement grow?
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Obama Chides Banks, Taps Anger Over Wall Street

President Barack Obama launched an onslaught against banks and Republicans this for working to block financial reform, using a populist tone amid public anger over Wall Street practices.
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'Whoever He Is': Joe Biden Doesn’t Know Van Jones

Van Jones was the environmental adviser to President Barack Obama and resigned in the wake of a controversy in Sept. 2009. Recently, he has been linked to “Occupy Wall Street” protests and has gained a worldwide attention with his call for an “October Offensive” against the Tea Party. However, it seems Vice President Joe Biden hasn’t heard about Jones.
Singer Williams points into the crowd at a campaign rally with U.S. Republican presidential nominee McCain in Columbus

ESPN Pulls Hank Jr. Theme from Football Show

ESPN pulled Hank Williams Jr.'s theme song from its Monday Night Football broadcast in a rebuke to the country music star for comments earlier in the day comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler.
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China centre stage in long-running US campaign show

It could almost be scripted. A U.S. politician threatens to take China on if he makes the White House. The official Chinese press level a barrage of criticism laced with sarcasm. Beijing's Foreign Ministry steps in offering a milder diplomatic response.
2012 Election

5 Reasons Why Obama Could Lose the 2012 Election

With his approval rating at a term-low 40 percent, President Barack Obama needs several factors to break his way to improve his chance for re-election in 2012 -- the most important of which is job growth.
A file photo of Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan

Is Osama Bin Laden Really Dead? Some Don't Think So

Is Osama bin Laden really dead? That's what the young lady asked me.She knew I am a journalist, not quick to buy suspicious facts peddled as such, but not quick to buy into conspiracy theories, either -- like the one that Osama bin Laden's death at the hands of U.S. military was faked.
9/11 Tenth Anniversary

New York Terror Threat: City Police Increasing Security, Searching Vehicles

As New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg promised, security has been ramped up following the reveal of credible intelligence that al-Qaida militants in Pakistan may be pursuing a plot to carry out car or truck bombings in Washington and New York City to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
9/11 Tenth Anniversary

Terror Threat: U.S. Cites 'Specific, Credible' Source as it Rachets Up Alert

President Barack Obama on Thursday directed U.S. intelligence officials to take all precautions after receiving credible intelligence that al-Qaida militants in Pakistan may be pursuing a plot to carry out car or truck bombings in Washington, D.C., and New York City to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
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Obama hits the road to sell pivotal jobs plan

President Barack Obama, seeking to rescue a faltering U.S. economy and his own re-election prospects, began an uphill battle on Friday to win Republican support for a $447 billion jobs plan.
9/11 Tenth Anniversary

Terror Threat 'Real,' VP Biden Says

Vice President Joe Biden said Friday the first active plot timed to coincide with the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of al-Qaida's deadly attack is a real threat.

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