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When Beau Biden isn’t spending his vacation time in Iowa stumping for his father, Sen. Joe Biden, on the campaign trail, he spends his time serving the state of Delaware in two capacities: as a captain in the Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps of the Delaware Army National Guard and as the attorney general of [...]

Just as Beau Biden, a captain in the Delaware National Guard, had predicted in August at the Iowa Democratic Party Veteran’s Caucus Presidential Extravaganza in Des Moines, the vote on the emergency funding for the war in Iraq war has come back into play. Beau, the attorney general of Delaware, spoke on behalf of his [...]

Chances of running into one of Delaware Sen. Joe Biden’s family members on the campaign trail grew exponentially when the national campaign recently shifted focus on its Iowa effort. The Biden family’s political business has been in operation for 36 years, since Joe Biden first ran for senator in Delaware.

Joe’s youngest sister, Valerie, helped run [...]

October Saturdays in Iowa City are usually reserved for Hawkeye football, but for Johnson County politicos, nothing takes precedent over the Johnson County Democrats’ annual barbeque fundraiser. This year was no exception as an estimated 2000 Democrats swarmed in mass to the Johnson County Fairgrounds to hear five of the Democratic hopefuls put forth their [...]

Citing Delaware Sen. Joe Biden’s foreign policy experience and his “Plan for Iraq,” Assistant House Majority Leader John Whitaker, D-Hillsboro, plans to announce his endorsement of Biden for president at a press conference in Fairfield today at 2 p.m. Whitaker, whose son, Gabe, was deployed with the Iowa National Guard last week to Iraq, will [...]

Last Sunday’s Democratic debate in Des Moines was a clear indication to voters that Delaware Sen. Joe Biden’s strategy in Iowa will focus on his foreign affairs experience and plan for Iraq as a means of trumping up support in Iowa. “It’s time to start to level with the American people. This administration hasn’t been [...]

For the veterans attending the Veterans’ Caucus Presidential Extravaganza earlier this month, the fighting didn’t end with their military service. Instead, they faced a new battleground upon discharge: their government.

“We want to be sure that those who served in harm’s way aren’t left behind on the battlefield,” said Democratic presidential candidate Chris Dodd (see pic), [...]

More than three-fourths of U.S. senators have been to Iraq, many in the past 12 months.  Leading the pack is Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., with 10 visits as of Aug. 1, 2007. 

Delaware Sen. Joe Biden has visited Iraq seven times (plus one visit to Afghanistan) and plans to go back before September.  This will be [...]

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, D.-Del., launched his new ad, “Cathedral,” which not only strikes the emotional chords of parents having lost loved ones in the Iraq War but those parents who risk losing loved ones in the future – including Biden, whose eldest son, Beau, has received orders to deploy to Iraq next year.
Stumping [...]

An Iowa City event that had drawn a great deal of national attention has been partially postponed to allow presidential hopefuls who are also U.S. senators to travel back to the beltway for debate on a bill.
The Iowa Professional Fire Fighters State Convention was to host presidential hopefuls Tuesday and Wednesday. Gov. Bill Richarson, Sen. [...]