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A clip of a joint June 1, 1968 television interview with presidential candidates Sen. Eugene McCarthy (D-MN) and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY)

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Energy Deputy Secretary David Turk and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Deputy Secretary Adrianne Todman joined a panel with other federal workforce officials for a discussion on public service recruitment and career opportunities. Several topics were discussed, including internship opportunities, career advancement opportunities, pay incentives, diversity initiatives, and workforce mentorship.

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Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) discusses the ongoing situation in Bosnia during a December 13, 1995 Senate session. These remarks came one day before the Dayton Agreement was formally signed in Paris, ending the Bosnian War.

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C-SPAN cameras caught the President and Judge Stephen Breyer jogging through Washington, D.C. The nominee was asked “who is faster, the judiciary or the executive?” He replied that the President was a much faster jogger.

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This was the first day of confirmation hearings on Judge Stephen Breyer, President Clinton’s second nominee to the Surpeme Court.

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May 23, 2005 Senate Session -- The Senate continued consideration of the nomination of Priscilla Owen as a judge for the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Late in the session senators came to the floor to announce and speak about an agreement among 14 senators to proceed to votes on three controversial nominations, without resorting to a filibuster or rulings known as the “nuclear option.”

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Biden discusses the "crack-house statute" during a March 21, 2001 hearing on the Reducing Americans’ Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act.

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"We cannot and certainly will not walk away from 7 million displaced desperate Afghanis surviving on little more than grass and locusts...Reluctant to use word nation building...but if we leave Afghanistan in chaos it will be another time bomb waiting to explode" Biden 10/22/2001

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Witnesses testified about the status and problems of refugees from Iraq. Among the topics addressed were the plight of an estimated 1.7 million refugees who had fled Iraq, the intensity of sectarian violence and threats to the civilian population, and international efforts to provide assistance to Iraqi refugees. The second panel included witnesses who appeared behind a partition and had their voices altered to protect their anonymity and security. They were identified only as Sami, a former military translator, and John, a former military truck driver.

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Witnesses testified about the status and problems of refugees from Iraq. Among the topics addressed were the plight of an estimated 1.7 million refugees who had fled Iraq, the intensity of sectarian violence and threats to the civilian population, and international efforts to provide assistance to Iraqi refugees. The second panel included witnesses who appeared behind a partition and had their voices altered to protect their anonymity and security. They were identified only as Sami, a former military translator, and John, a former military truck driver.

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