Confrontation

Candidate Barack Obama gave a speech recently which directly addressed the racial divide which our country lives in. His speech was so influential and inspiring, Joe Biden commented saying it was truthful, powerful, and he said it was one of the most significant speeches he has heard in a while. Biden stated, "He told the story of America _ both the good and the bad _ and I believe his speech will come to represent an important step forward in race relations in our country.”
Barack Obama gave a speech on February 16th 2008which seemed very similar to Deval Patrick’s speech on October 15th 2006. In fact, when comparing the video and reading both speeches, they were alike in many ways. This copying of speeches shocked me when I saw this. I wonder how it will be, if Obama wins, to have a president who has lifted words – sentences from someone else’s speech just to get appointed into office. This shows Obama’s disparity in competing against Hillary Clinton. He obviously is worried about this presidential election or else he would not have risked copying someone else’s speech.


http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Mar19/0,4670,ObamaRace,00.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/taylor-marsh/i-have-a-dream-becomes-_b_87199.html

Joe, Joe, Joe Biden

Joe Biden was dubbed one of the 20 most powerful senators recently. This was due to his ability to influence governmental related issues such as congressional agenda and the shaping of legislation. Biden is also the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Judiciary on Crime and Drugs committee which all allowed him to gain such a big reputation.
Recently, congress demanded a testimony from the Nato commander in Afghanistan. Biden, along with other Democratic senators, believe that the conflict in Afghanistan must be a big priority. Biden asked for Nato’s chief commander, General Dan McNeill, to come to Washington by April 18th. Biden simply wants to know the plan of what they need to do to succeed.

Trip to Pakistan

After completing his trip back east, that is to the Middle East and specifically Pakistan, Joe Biden had a number of recommendations for future involvement in Pakistan. He witnessed the results of Pakistan's deomcratically held elections, and believes that Pakistan is moving in the right direction. His suggestions are: triple non-military monetary donations for a decade, help the country's democracy by increasing its annual assistance by a billion dollars, maintain the legitimacy of the military aid we currently send over, and finally take into account Pakistan's concerns, not only ours. As Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Biden's ideas will carry significant political weight and it will be interesting to see how his recommendations pan out.
In addition, Biden has maintained his support for an improved GI bill that, like the one for WWII vets, offers improved educational benefits.