Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani says that Biden’s comments that Obama would get tested early in his presidency are very revealing to the danger an Obama presidency would bring. (1:09)

 

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Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) and Governor Sarah Palin (R-AK) speak at the single vice presidential debate hosted by Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Gwen Ifill moderates the debate on both domestic as well as foreign policy issues. ( 1:31:00)

 

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On a conference call with reporters the president of National Association of Police officers, Tom Nee, announced the associations endorsement of Obama-Biden. Nee said that he was please to represent “The 287,000 police officers who pledge their support to Barack Obama.” Nee praised Vice Presidential Nominee Sen. Joe Biden as an advocate for law enforcement and a great personal friend. Nee pointed out that local law enforcement is increasingly taking on more federal responsibilities in immigration, homeland security and tracking of weapons and drugs.

Biden was on the call and focused on the Obama campaign’s pledge to bring back the crime bill and supplement funding for local law enforcement. Biden recalled former crime bills that enhanced federal funding for local law enforcement and said that President Bush and Republican nominee Sen. John McCain consider local law enforcement a local budget responsibility and have supported the cancellation of many federal programs for law enforcement. Biden said that the last time the crime bill was funded violent crime dropped by 30 percent nationally. ” You know what you need, you know what the problems are and when we give you the equipment, when we give you tools, when we give you the jurisdiction you get the job done.”

Biden said that the Obama/Biden ticket will commit to reestablish the crime bill, put another 50,000 cops on the street, and support local law enforcement with technology funding. Biden said that if anyone is going to target a basketball stadium or shopping mall with a terrorist attack it is most likely that local police will be those who discover and deal with the threat. “They need the tools,” he said.

Nee emphasized the need for funding quoting Biden, “It’s time to mow the lawn again. It’s time to get back to dealing with homeland security, because it all begins at home.”

 

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Senator Joseph Biden accepts the Vice Presidential nomination.

Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama appears as a “surprise guest” with Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee Joe Biden at the DNC.

Former Vice- Presidential hopeful Rep. Chet Edwards (D-Texas) discusses Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) choice of Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) as his running mate with Bureau Chief Ellen Ratner. He also discusses his congressional district and issues facing Americans. Edwards answers questions about the current energy crisis as well as the American health care system and claims that it is not impossible for Sen. Obama to win Texas in the November election (5:17).

 

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Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) expresses concern over the perceived militarization of the US foreign policy (2:08).

 

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Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) and Senior Foreign Policy Adviser Susan Rice discuss Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) Iraq strategy as outlined in his opinion piece appearing today in The New York Times, in comparison to the strategy of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) (35:13)

 

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The Obama campaign hosted a conference call today with Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) and Senior Foreign Policy Adviser Susan Rice to discuss Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) opinion piece in The New York Times today, in which he outlines his strategic plan for success in Iraq. (more…)

Senator Joe Biden (D-Del.), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee presided over a hearing on Pakistan and it’s role in American foreign policy. Biden said that in order to establish a lasting, comfortable relationship between Pakistan and America, the U.S. should triple non security aide to 1.5 billion dollars annually and pledge that amount over the next ten years. He also called for a billion dollar democracy dividend, which would help moderate, secular, political leaders show the Pakistani people that they can deliver.

He said that this plan would change the dynamic of the Pakistan-U.S. relationship because it could persuade the Pakistani’s that America is not a fair weather friend but an “all weather friend” and show Pakistani leaders that America is an ally that can be relied upon.

Biden said that the Pakistani American relationship was been transactional. He said that Americans believe that they are paying to much to Pakistan and receiving to little, and the Pakistani’s believe the opposite. The only way to make things better, he said, is with long term non-security related investment.