Victims he fought so hard for. And with everyone he came in contact with and he did it by just smiling, listening, and showing genuine compassion to all. He cared deeply for his fellow human beings and always treated everyone with dignity and respect. Beau bidens character was genuine. He had a natural charisma that few people possess. People willingly wanted to follow him, completely trusted his judgment and believed in him. Frankly, he was selfless to a fault. Always supporting his personal needs to the welfare of everyone else to include soldiers the unit and everyone around him. He was incredibly proud to serve in the Delaware National guard. And he would tell me over and over again, as we had many discussions, sir, im just another soldier doing my best and my job to accomplish the mission. He was committed to his community, to his home state, and to a nation. Frankly, a nation that i believe, one day, beau biden would someday lead. Beau possessed traits i have witnessed only in th
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driver for a traffic stop. the driver tossed a shotgun out of the window during the chase. in oakland, crime is up and numbers of officers on the street is down. city leader as dress the new police academy and talked about arrests. police complete the search for suspects just as they make a major push to add more officers to ranks. police chief jordan, mayor kwan and city administrator addressed the academy. as the chief highlighted success at taking men he described as wanted robbery suspects off of the streets. and the chief says the number of officers working has fallen just as they see a rise in violent crime and severe cuts to their budgets. there are 631 active officers. next class expected to add 40 to ranks but that won t happen until 2013. and detectives are try sog solve a copper theft. someone reporting thieves stole all copper to air conditioning units on top of a building in the 100 block of doolittle drive. police think they know how this went down. ther
the reason i came here today is the first time to see the president in person. you are from los angeles. i am here for the pre-college program at carnegie mellon. so this is a lesson in politics? yes, it is, and is cool to see him a hundred feet away. he is right in my front yard. it will be interesting. what do you expect to learn today? not only how particulate he is, because i have heard he is an amazing speaker, but how he gets people to vote for him and his different maneuvers and tactics. where are you from? i am here from los angeles, a stint in the pre-college a student in the pre-college program in musical theater. i am excited about it. you have been here for a couple of hours. what do you want to hear from the president? i am not here to hear anything from him, but i want him to know that i support him, i support the health care reform, i support the things he is doing. why is western pennsylvania so key to this election? people say that o
word marriage was something that invokes very powerful traditions, religious beliefs, and so forth. i have to tell you that over the course of several years, as i talked to friends and family and neighbors. when i think about members of my own staff who are incredibly committed to monogamous, same sex relationships, raising kids together. when i think about the soldiers, airmen, or marines, or sailers out there fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained, even now that don t ask don t tell is gone because they re not able to commit themselves in a marriage. at a certain point, i just concluded that for me personally it s important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same sex couples should be able to get married. this comes just three days after vice president biden said he was comfortable with same sex marriage. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, and women marrying women, are entitled to the same exact rights and civil liberties, a