Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Vice President Joe Biden visited the Alexandria Police Department to pay his respects for the Alexandria Police Officer Peter Laboy, who was shot recently.
Vice President Joe Biden visited the Alexandria Police Department last Friday, meeting with first responders who were on the scene immediately after Officer Peter Laboy was injured in Old Town. The police department announced the news on its Facebook page. "Vice President Joe Biden paid a visit to the Alexandria Police Department to meet with Officer Peter Laboy’s Motor Unit to express his condolences and wish him well," reads the post. Deputy Chief Blaine Corle told Patch Tuesday evening while attending an NAACP meeting at Charles Houston Recreation Center that Biden showed “genuine concern” for Laboy and his family. Biden visited with the officers for about an hour, Corle said. “He was very personable and the visit was purely from the …
Friday, October 12, 2012
Rep. Paul Ryan, Vice President Joe Biden spar in fiery debate, talking economy, abortion, Iran and religion in Thursday night debate.
Vice President Joe Biden and Republican VP candidate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin faced off Thursday night in a heated debate that covered foreign wars, tax reform, healthcare, abortion, and their shared faith in the Catholic Church. During the debate, broadcast live from Centre College in Danville, Ky., Biden flexed his experience with foreign policy when answering questions about ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, nuclear arms in Iran and whether to send troops to Syria. “The last thing America needs is to get in a ground war in the Middle East,” Biden said. Ryan called the Obama administration’s foreign policy “chaotic,” criticizing the lack of security present during the September attack on the consulate in Benghazi, Libya, …
Tell us: Who performed better at Thursday's debate? Did the debate strengthen or hurt either campaign?
Vice President Joe Biden and Republican hopeful U.S. Rep Paul Ryan engaged in their first and only debate Thursday night in Kentucky. The debate fell a week after the first debate between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, in Denver, and just days before their next meeting Oct. 16 at Hofstra University in New York. Viewers in Virginia had different opinions about what topics covered tonight would matter most to voters in the Commonwealth. Other Virginia residents interviewed after the debate said the candidates' differing views on abortion stood out. Tell us: Who performed better at Thursday's debate? Were there any questions you would have liked asked ? Did the debate strengthen or hurt either campaign? Was …
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Here are details on Thursday's debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan, including where to watch the debate in Alexandria, Arlington and Fairfax.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The first and only vice presidential debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan is set for 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11. Both Republicans and Democrats are hosting debate watch parties. Local Debate Watch Parties Here in Alexandria, the Northern Virginia Urban League Young Professionals Network is hosting a party at 9 p.m. Thursday at Laporta's Resturant, 1600 Duke St. Busboys and Poets in Shirlington will have the debate on the big screens, hosting a debate watch party from 8 - 11 p.m. Up in northern Arlington, Ben Romney, one of Gov. Mitt Romney's sons, will be hosting a debate watch party at the Romney Campaign Virginia Headquarters in Arlington. He'll be at 3811 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 750, Arlington, VA 22203. The …
Rep. Paul Ryan and Vice President Joe Biden will talk domestic and foreign policy.
Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan will discuss domestic and foreign policy at the vice presidential debate Thursday evening at Centre College in Danville, Ky. Expectations are running high for this debate. Biden has been holding practice sessions and reading briefing books to prepare for Thursday night, The Washington Post reports. The pressure is on Biden after President Barack Obama’s lackluster performance at Wednesday’s first presidential debate. Reuters reports that Democrats are relying on Biden to deliver. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told The Washington Post that he expects Ryan to do well, but Biden is a “gifted orator.” Vice presidential debates rarely make any …
Friday, September 30, 2011
Police department recognized for receiving Department of Justice grant worth more than $850,000.
Vice President Joe Biden made a visit to the yet-to-be-opened new Alexandria Police Department headquarters on Wheeler Avenue Thursday to discuss President Obama’s jobs bill and what it could do for public safety workers. The police department was also recognized for receiving a grant from the Department of Justice totaling more than $850,000 to go toward hiring four new officers. “You got it because you deserved it and you need it,” Biden told a crowd comprised mostly of law enforcement and city officials. “You received this grant so you can begin to make good on the cuts that have been made to the state and county.” Alexandria Police Chief Earl Cook said the department has had to make cuts in recent years to its domestic violence unit …
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