Joseph Biden actually said...

You know there's this tradition in the United States Navy if a captain of a ship goes up on the shoals, almost regardless of whether it was his fault or not, he loses command.

Context

Biden discusses accountability in leadership, referencing military tradition in relation to Rumsfeld's handling of the scandal.

05/04/2004

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