Here at home, when Americans were standing in long lines to give blood after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, we squandered an obvious opportunity to make service a noble cause again, and rekindle an American spirit of community.

Biden first considered running for president in that year after he gained notice for giving speeches to party audiences that simultaneously scolded and encouraged Democrats. S. The Bidens are Roman Catholics and regularly attend Mass at St.

military assistance and intervention during the Bosnian War. Supreme Court nominations of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas. Barack Obama selected Biden to be the Democratic Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 U.