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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Apr 7, 2008

15 months into the surge, we've gone from drowning to treading water. We're still spending $3 billion every week and we're still losing, thank God, it's less, but 30 to 40 American lives every month. We can't keep treading water without…

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Mar 19, 2008

We have to have an investigation right away of how this happened and why it took so long.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jan 1, 2008

I think anybody that comes out of here who exceeds expectations is going to get a ticket to go to New Hampshire. And I expect to get one of those tickets.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jan 1, 2008

I think anybody who comes out of here who exceeds expectations is going to get a ticket to go to New Hampshire, and I expect to get one of those tickets.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Dec 31, 2007

I will work with Congress to provide adequate funding and will direct the Energy Department to commence decontamination and decommissioning activities of those facilities that are no longer needed and maximize the employment of site…

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Dec 31, 2007

The central message of my campaign is, I want people to close their eyes and imagine the person that they are supporting for president being president this very instant.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Dec 31, 2007

The idea that we can wipe out every vestige of Iran's influence in Iraq is a fantasy. Like it or not, Iran is a major regional power and it shares a long border and a long history with Iraq.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Dec 31, 2007

It is time for change. Change begins with giving the Guard a seat at the table, that table in the Pentagon where the Joint Chiefs sit.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Dec 31, 2007

My goal is to get a big chunk of that undecided vote and come of here third or fourth, maybe even exceed that expectation. And, if I do, I'm going to be the next president, I believe.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Dec 31, 2007

I think he just made an admission against self-interest. I don’t know that he’s mentally qualified to own that gun.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Dec 27, 2007

Listen, nation, let's just pause as we look at Pakistan and make you really focus on who go you want running this country, when in fact the world can turn on a dime.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Dec 26, 2007

Ladies and gentlemen, the stakes are incredibly high. They are incredibly high. If Pakistan falls into complete turmoil, martial law is declared again, you end up with a state that is being run by a dictator, ladies and gentlemen, that…

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Dec 17, 2007

No. No. I promise, no. And the reason is, I mean, I think, if I don't win the nomination, the likely nominee is going to be Hillary. And I love Bill Clinton. But can you imagine being vice president?

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Dec 12, 2007

You got to start kids at school earlier. You got to put them in smaller classes. The smaller the class the better the outcome. In order to do that you need 100,000 more teachers and you got to pay teachers.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Dec 12, 2007

Got to start kids at school earlier. You got to put them in smaller classes; the smaller the class, the better the outcome. In order to do that, you need 100,000 more teachers. You got to pay teachers.

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