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• Obama: Privilege to use King's Bible in inaugural

  January 21, 2013 9:05 PM

  President Barack Obama says it was a privilege to take the oath of office using a Bible that had been owned by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Obama paused by a statue of King in the Capitol Rotunda after a luncheon hosted by members of Congress. He was accompanied... more »

• Clinton: Romney claim about Jeep a 'load of bull'

  October 29, 2012 7:49 PM

  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden and former President Bill Clinton have criticized Mitt Romney for saying that Chrysler is shifting production of its Jeep brand autos from Ohio to China. Jeep, a major employer in Ohio, has said it is adding jobs in China to meet growing... more »

• Vice President's wife coming to Colorado Springs

  October 28, 2012 2:52 PM

  Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, will be campaigning in Colorado on Sunday and Monday. Dr. Biden is scheduled to make a stop in Colorado Springs on Monday. Dr. Biden will be in Lakewood Sunday evening speaking to a group at 6 p.m. at 9797 W.... more »

• Biden scoffs at bin Laden view of VP's leadership

  May 6, 2012 11:42 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden says he hopes Osama bin Laden was wrong in his assessment that Biden would not be able to lead the nation if the president was killed. Biden says bin Laden was wrong about lots of things. It's an issue raised in some of... more »

• GOP leaders say debt-limit dispute will be solved

  July 30, 2011 4:43 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican leaders in Congress say they are confident that an impasse will end soon over raising the government's debt ceiling and heading off default. House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell made the prediction after the Republican-led House rejected Senate Democrats' rival plan.... more »

• Obama fundraisers postponed amid debt limit talks

  July 25, 2011 10:57 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has postponed several fundraisers because of the ongoing talks over raising the debt limit. Campaign officials say Obama had to cancel plans for fundraisers in California and Washington state in recent weeks, along with an event at the New York home... more »

• McConnell: Debt-ceiling deal may be for short-term

  June 19, 2011 3:55 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate's top Republican is suggesting a short-term increase in the nation's borrowing limit unless there's deal soon that includes changes to big entitlement programs. Economists and Obama administration officials are warning of a calamity if the government defaults on its obligations. The default deadline is... more »

• Biden to visit Colorado energy lab Friday

  May 18, 2011 4:26 PM

  GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden is headed to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden on Friday to talk up energy innovation. Biden's visit will come after a breakfast fundraiser in Denver for President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. That breakfast is not open to the... more »

• Michelle Obama, Jill Biden coming to Colorado

  April 9, 2011 7:06 PM

  DENVER (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, are coming to Denver and the Colorado Springs area as part of a five-city tour to showcase communities,businesses and nonprofits that support military families. Obama and Biden will attend events at Coors... more »

• V.P. Biden helping with political turmoil in Iraq

  July 5, 2010 6:03 PM

  Vice President Joe Biden has discussed ways to end Iraq's deadlock with the country's President Jalal Talabani in an effort to push leaders to bridge their differences, which have created a dangerous political vacuum. Talabani said in a statement Monday that the discussion focused on ways to move Iraq's... more »

• Biden to visit the gulf

  June 25, 2010 12:20 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior Obama administration official tells The Associated Press that Vice President Joe Biden will travel to the Gulf Coast on Tuesday to review the efforts to combat the massive oil spill. Biden is expected to visit the National Incident Command Center in New Orleans and the... more »

• Vice President Biden talking jobs on Colorado visit

  April 30, 2010 9:57 AM

  Democrats hope voters see the economy picking up - and Vice President Joe Biden is headed to Colorado to hand his party some credit for creating jobs. Biden is scheduled to stop by an electronics company in Longmont that is expanding a factory thanks to federal stimulus money. The... more »

• Obama announces initiatives for middle class

  January 25, 2010 6:47 PM

  He says the middle class has been "under assault for a long time," and President Barack Obama is offering some help. In a partial preview of Wednesday's State of the Union address, Obama is proposing more breaks for families taking care of children or elderly relatives, and an expansion... more »

• Biden tours Georgia flood damage as more rain looms

  September 25, 2009 11:56 AM

  Vice President Joe Biden is surveying flood damage in north Georgia and meeting with residents displaced by severe storms that swept through the Southeast earlier this week. Biden met with residents at a shelter in suburban Atlanta on Friday as the region braced for another round of rain. The National... more »