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Busy Week for the Vice President

When he wasn't predicting (to a group of wound-up San Francisco 49er fans --- in San Francisco) that the New York Giants were going to the Super Bowl, or fighting wild fires in Reno , the VP still made time to visit wounded warriors and their families at Camp Pendleton. Our pool report comes from Elaine Sanchez, American Forces Press Service who informs us that: Biden, along with the second lady, Dr. Jill Biden, visited the 30,000-square-foot center opened in October 2011 to provide counseling, reconditioning and transitioning services for wounded and ill Marines, sailors and their families. The vice president said he and his wife visit service members and their families at every chance they get for one reason: “to say thank you.” “We only have one sacred obligation in the government,” he said. “We have a lot of obligations to the old, to the young, to educate, but we have only one sacred obligation and that is to equip those we send to war and care for those we bring home ...

Vice President Biden Hosts Wounded Warrior Riders

On a beautiful, but chilly sunny Spring day, Vice President Biden, along with wife Dr. Jill Biden hosted more than 20 wounded warrior veterans at the White House who will participate in the Wounded Warrior Ride, a program of the Wounded Warrior Project that provides rehabilitation opportunities for wounded warriors and raises public awareness of the challenges facing veterans as they recover from life-altering injuries as a result of war. Cyclists Take Lap Around White House South Lawn.  Photo/CD Brown The riders, including Assistant Secretary of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Tammy Duckworth  took a few laps around the South Lawn of the White House. The riders plan a four-day cycling event, traveling through Washington, DC; Baltimore, Maryland; Andrews Air Force Base; ending in Annapolis, Maryland. Photos of the event can be seen here .