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Inauguration day a roaches next month, the senate is honoring outing vicepresident , joe biden. Mr. Biden presided over the senate floor during a bipartisan trip boot to him on capitol hill. He represented delaware for 36 years in the the senate, and as vicepresident , he is present of the senate. On monday mr. Biden stoked speculation that he may run for president in 2020. He clarified his remarks on the the late show with Stephen Colbert on cbs3 last night. Im a great respecter of fate. I dont plan on running again but to say you know what will happen in four careers, i just think it is, it is not rational. I that is the sound of the door creaking open is what that is. Well look, i cannot see the circumstance in which i would run but what ive learn a long, long time ago, steven, it is to never say never. You just dont know what will happen. The vicepresident also says in four years he will be 77, and in better shan than president elect trump. Were learning more about the other driver
Inauguration day a roaches next month, the senate is honoring outing vicepresident , joe biden. Mr. Biden presided over the senate floor during a bipartisan trip boot to him on capitol hill. He represented delaware for 36 years in the the senate, and as vicepresident , he is present of the senate. On monday mr. Biden stoked speculation that he may run for president in 2020. He clarified his remarks on the the late show with Stephen Colbert on cbs3 last night. Im a great respecter of fate. I dont plan on running again but to say you know what will happen in four careers, i just think it is, it is not rational. I that is the sound of the door creaking open is what that is. Well look, i cannot see the circumstance in which i would run but what ive learn a long, long time ago, steven, it is to never say never. You just dont know what will happen. The vicepresident also says in four years he will be 77, and in better shan than president elect trump. Were learning more about the other driver
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Tell, obviously. He has just now passed away, and under their constitution the costs for them to hold elections within 30 days because he never stood for an and until we see the outcome of that election and in particular we see how organized the opposition parties may be able to get themselves together for the election. Its going to be hard to tell what the immediate affect will be. And whether his successor chooses to carry on his programs and in particular the focus of his programs and the alliances that he established, or whether they choose to broaden out their perspectives. And i think at this stage it is very difficult to tell what the successor may choose to do. He nationalized the oil industry in venezuela. Well, he, they always had a national oil company. When he took over he did narrow the scope of the holdings of International Oil companies, changed the contracts. And invited us to either accept the new contracts or to leave the country. And i accepted his invitation to leav