Politics. On Point.

(Politics. On Point) - Vice President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he will not run in the 2016 presidential campaign. Said Biden, "As my family and I have worked through the grieving process, I’ve said all along what I've said time and again to others, that it may very well be that that process, by the time we get through it, closes the window on mounting a realistic campaign for President, that it might close.  I've concluded it has closed", he said. Vice President Biden, along with President Obama and wife Dr. Jill Biden, in the Rose Garden of the White House Wednesday as Biden announces he is not running for president. Photo/CD Brown The Bidens lost their son Beau earlier this year, an event that some said would be reason the vice president would run for president, but the vice president made his position, and decison, clear. "Unfortunately, I believe we're out of time -- the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the nomination...

(Politics. On Point) - In support of her Let Girls Learn initiative, the First Lady will welcome to the White House Mrs. Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif, spouse of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and Mrs. Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the daughter of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the press office of the first lady has announced. At this event in the Blue Room, the First Lady will deliver brief remarks announcing a new partnership to further adolescent girls’ education in Pakistan. In addition, there will be a performance by students from the Washington Performing Arts Society Children’s Choir.  Mrs. Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif, spouse of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and Mrs. Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the daughter of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.  The visit of Mrs. Sharif comes as her husband Prime Minister Sharif  meets with President Obama for a bilateral meeting that will highlight the "enduring nature of the U.S.-Pakistan relationship and provide an opportunity ...