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ministration officials defended
Biden’s character. Additionally,
Biden is thought to be one of those
figures who may be considering a
run for the White House in 2016
(he is, after all, the vice president
now), so much of the coverage
has been of the clutched-pearls,
“Ohhhh no [Gates] didn’t!” reality-teevee taunt variety. This
prompted Washington Post foreign affairs blogger Max Fisher to
vent about the coverage on Twitter, and rightfully so: “I have read
20+ articles on the personality
politics of Gates vs Biden/Obama
and zero articles on the foreign
policy issues they’re debating.”
So, in the interest of giving Fisher at least one article that discusses the underlying foreign policy
issues, I’ll say this: While it’s swell
that White House officials have
taken up the matter of defending
Biden’s character, they might consider defending Biden on the merits as well. Because I’m sorry to say
that Secretary Gates is wrong —
Vice President &