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SENATOR JOE BIDEN ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Highlights Voters Desire for Bold Leadership and Change in Direction
January 31, 2007 - Senator Joseph R. Biden today announced in a video statement posted on his website www.joebiden.com that he has filed the necessary paperwork to become a candidate for President of the United States.
"I am heartened by the response so many people have given to my call for a new direction in American foreign policy and to our focus on middle class concerns," said Sen. Biden.
In the video statement, Biden stressed the disastrous results of the Bush Administration's failed policies and handling of Iraq.
"In my view, President Bush has dug America into a very deep hole," said Sen. Biden. "This administration's mishandling of the war in Iraq may be the greatest foreign policy disaster of all time."
Biden said the next president must be prepared to change our policy in Iraq immediately upon entering office, "The next President of the United States must be prepared to immediately step in and act – without hesitation – to end our involvement in the Iraq conflict without further destabilizing the Middle East and the world."
Biden also emphasized the need for a change in direction more broadly in both foreign and domestic policies, stating, "To restore America's place in the world, we also must focus on the hopes and needs of our own people. The Bush administration – because it worships profits over people – has forgotten that to make America strong, we need a growing, vibrant middle-class.
We need our citizens to feel secure. Secure that their children will be cared for if they are ill. Secure that they will have a retirement income they can count on. Secure that we are doing all we can to end global warming. Secure that their jobs and opportunities will not vanish like so many have in recent years."
Biden said he would make a more formal presentation of the prospective policies and principles of a Biden Administration over the next several months.
To watch the video statement or for more information on the campaign, please visit: www.joebiden.com.
Welcome to JoeBiden.com
Thank you for visiting JoeBiden.com
I want to thank all of you who have encouraged me with your support and contributions to run for President.
Please take a few moments to explore this website by following the links below. I hope you will get to know who I am, how my life has prepared me for this campaign, and what we hope to accomplish in the days and months ahead. Then I hope you will join the campaign by joining our email list or making a contribution.
A presidential campaign is an exciting journey. Along with my wife, Jill, and our children Beau, Hunter and Ashley, we look forward to spending time with you as we campaign across America.
Thank you,
Joe Biden
SENATOR JOE BIDEN ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Highlights Voters Desire for Bold Leadership and Change in Direction
January 31, 2007 - Senator Joseph R. Biden today announced in a video statement posted on his website www.joebiden.com that he has filed the necessary paperwork to become a candidate for President of the United States.
"I am heartened by the response so many people have given to my call for a new direction in American foreign policy and to our focus on middle class concerns," said Sen. Biden.
In the video statement, Biden stressed the disastrous results of the Bush Administration's failed policies and handling of Iraq.
"In my view, President Bush has dug America into a very deep hole," said Sen. Biden. "This administration's mishandling of the war in Iraq may be the greatest foreign policy disaster of all time."
Biden said the next president must be prepared to change our policy in Iraq immediately upon entering office, "The next President of the United States must be prepared to immediately step in and act – without hesitation – to end our involvement in the Iraq conflict without further destabilizing the Middle East and the world."
Biden also emphasized the need for a change in direction more broadly in both foreign and domestic policies, stating, "To restore America's place in the world, we also must focus on the hopes and needs of our own people. The Bush administration – because it worships profits over people – has forgotten that to make America strong, we need a growing, vibrant middle-class.
We need our citizens to feel secure. Secure that their children will be cared for if they are ill. Secure that they will have a retirement income they can count on. Secure that we are doing all we can to end global warming. Secure that their jobs and opportunities will not vanish like so many have in recent years."
Biden said he would make a more formal presentation of the prospective policies and principles of a Biden Administration over the next several months.
To watch the video statement or for more information on the campaign, please visit: www.joebiden.com.
Welcome to JoeBiden.com
Thank you for visiting JoeBiden.com
I want to thank all of you who have encouraged me with your support and contributions to run for President.
Please take a few moments to explore this website by following the links below. I hope you will get to know who I am, how my life has prepared me for this campaign, and what we hope to accomplish in the days and months ahead. Then I hope you will join the campaign by joining our email list or making a contribution.
A presidential campaign is an exciting journey. Along with my wife, Jill, and our children Beau, Hunter and Ashley, we look forward to spending time with you as we campaign across America.
Thank you,
Joe Biden
BIDEN CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES IOWA WEBSITE
Site Features New Memorial Day Web Ad Calling on the President to Make Life Saving Mine Resistant Vehicles a National Priority
Wilmington, DE (May 27, 2007): The Biden for President Campaign today launched a new section of its website: www.joebiden.com/iowa dedicated to the campaign’s organization and efforts in the Hawkeye State. The “Iowa for Biden” section provides state-specific campaign updates including news, schedules and information on the campaign’s field activities.
The new website also features “Home,” a Memorial Day web ad highlighting Senator Biden’s commitment to protecting the troops put in harms way by President Bush’s failed policies in Iraq through his call to make Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles a national priority. The ad, which was launched yesterday, features April Shacklee, whose husband Michael is a Black Hawk Pilot for the U.S. Army who has served in Iraq for the past seven months. “Home” focuses on Biden’s work to get MRAP vehicles into the field in Iraq. MRAPs provide four to five times the protection from IEDs than up-armored humvees (HMMWVs) which are currently being used.
“With as many casualties that you hear about from roadside bombs, you would think that anything that they could do to lessen that number – to possibly prevent that from happening as often as it does – why aren’t they doing something about it?,” Shacklee says in the ad.
At an Iraq Town Hall Meeting in Ames this afternoon, Biden stressed again the need for these vehicles saying,”Road-side bombs are responsible for 70 percent of casualties in Iraq and these new Mine Resistant Vehicles can reduce those casualties by two-thirds.”
He also took the Bush Administration to task over the Marine Corps document leaked last week which showed that commanders in Iraq first asked for 1,169 MRAP vehicles in February, 2005. Yet this request, labeled "priority 1 urgent," wasn’t acted upon for more than a year. Then, when the first order was made on May 21, 2006, it was for only 185 of these vehicles.
“How is it possible that a request that is literally life or death got lost? How is it possible that with the nation at war, with more than 130,000 Americans in danger, with roadside bombs taking more and more lives and limbs, this administration did not make these Mine Resistant Vehicles a national priority?,” said Biden.
Biden is on day-two of a six-day campaign swing through Iowa. Today, he will also make stops in Iowa City where he will speak at the Johnson County Democratic Party Family Picnic and in Clinton, Iowa where he will hold an Iraq Town Hall Meeting. During the six-day swing, he will also make stops in Waterloo, Maquoketa, Dubuque, Indianola, Des Moines, Emmetsburg, Fort Dodge, Cedar Falls and Vinton.
Source: Joe Biden for President
Statement from Sen. Joe Biden
Published: 01/04/2008
“I am not going away. I’m returning to the Senate as the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and will continue to ensure that we protect the nation’s security and show our country that Democrats know how to keep America safe, keep our commitment to our troops and restore our country’s respect in the world.”
Statement from Sen. Joe Biden
Published: 01/04/2008
“I am not going away. I’m returning to the Senate as the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and will continue to ensure that we protect the nation’s security and show our country that Democrats know how to keep America safe, keep our commitment to our troops and restore our country’s respect in the world.”