tribute speech by the president to america s military, vice president joe biden made an exclusive appearance last night on the rachel maddow show and rachel asked how he feels about the role he played in help to go bring one of the country s longest wars to an end. i tell you, i feel like i feel like i did something that or participated in something being done that i can be proud of for the rest of my life. had i stayed as chairman of the foreign relations committee, no matter how engaged i was, i don t think i would have been in a position to be able to effect events on a day to day basis to bring us to this point. our troops brought us to this point, our diplomats brought us to this point. but i ll be plunt withblunt wit. after i made that speech in the palace with maliki to iraqi and