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huffingtonpost.com - 12/21/2008
Biden To Chair White House Middle Class Task Force
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WASHINGTON — Vice President-elect Joe Biden will oversee a task force that will make recommendations on how to build the ranks of the middle class, that ambiguously defined segment of society in which most Americans identify themselves. Biden said the task force will include other ...
foxnews.com - 12/21/2008
Cheney Mocks Biden, Defends Rumsfeld in 'FOX News Sunday' Interview - FOXNews.com Transition ...
— foxnews.com — Vice President Cheney mocked Vice President-elect Joe Biden's grasp of the Constitution, defended former Defense Secretary Donald... Rumsfeld and said President Bush "doesn't have to check with anybody" before launching a nuclear attack. In a blunt, ... (more) Cheney Mocks Biden, Defends Rumsfeld in 'FOX News ...

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Biden to Chair White House Task Force on Middle Class
abcnews.go.com - 12/21/2008
Biden to Chair White House Task Force on Middle Class
— abcnews.go.com — In an exclusive interview airing on "This Week" Sunday, Vice President-elect Joe Biden told ABC's George Stephanopoulos... that he is going to chair a "middle-class task force" that will determine how the Obama administration's policies are affecting ... (more) Biden to Chair White House Task Force on Middle Class

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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 12/21/2008
Obama Announces Working Families Task Force
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Transition announcement today that Barack Obama intends to form a White House Task Force on Working Families,... to be chaired by Joe Biden and to include “the Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Commerce, as well as ... (more) Obama Announces Working Families Task Force

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Politics Daily:  Dueling Veeps: Dick Cheney and Joe Biden Take Shots At Each Other

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Dueling Veeps: Dick Cheney and Joe Biden Take Shots At Each Other
Politics Daily — ... Biden announced one of his roles today. He will oversee a task force responsible for coming up with ideas that will help build up the middle class. Biden will join four cabinet members and an unspecified number of presidential advisers. ...

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