Now boarding: @VPPhotog shot this photo of the Vice President boarding a C-17 after visiting Baghdad, Iraq in April. Check out @VP Biden and @DrBiden in the 2016 #YearInPhotos by clicking the link in the bio. go.wh.gov/YearInPhotos
"If we’re looking for a message to send about our time here on our Earth for what it means to be an American, it’s the life of John Glenn." —Vice President Biden celebrating astronaut and former Senator John Glenn
"You all have some incredible stories. And I want to thank you for the courage that you displayed" —Vice President Biden holding a roundtable on the #CancerMoonshot to talk about military and first responder care
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The VP is in Ottawa for bilateral meetings with the Canadians, and just finished a dinner hosted by the Prime Minister.
“I know that if it were reversed—Beau would be spending his time doing all in his power to try to bring together these great minds in the cancer research field all around the world to focus and have a greater sense of urgency on what can be done to do in the next five years what ordinarily would take 10, to take some cancers and turn them into chronic diseases, and completely cure others.” —Vice President Biden on the @ColbertLateShow talking about the goal of his #CancerMoonshot
“We can’t allow the repeal of Dodd-Frank. We can’t go back to the days when the banks hired bank regulators. We can’t go back to the days when the banks were free to take risks with your depositor’s money. We can’t go back to the days when financial companies take massive risks with the knowledge that a taxpayer bailout is around the corner when they fail. We can't afford that. The country can't afford it. The middle class can't afford it.” —Vice President Biden at @GeorgetownUniversity
A last photo update from the trip to Colombia: Vice President Biden toured the Bolivar Naval Base in Cartagena for a briefing on counter smuggling efforts by the Colombian Navy and Coast Guard.
“You can look from the Arctic to the Antarctic in this hemisphere and picture a hemisphere that is middle-class, secure, at peace and cooperative.” —Vice President Biden in Colombia on hope throughout the Americas for the possibility of a fundamentally new century. Read more by clicking the link in the bio. go.wh.gov/NBsmUQ
“It’s remarkable what you've done. It’s remarkable what Colombia has done.” —Vice President Biden in Cartagena congratulating President Juan Manuel Santos and the people of Colombia on their Congress approving the peace accord
"Diwali reminds us light is within us all... The light of knowledge, and the light of compassion, the light that empowers us to do good, and the light that we have to keep glowing.” —Vice President Biden to Indian Americans from across the country celebrating the first ever Diwali at the Naval Observatory, the Vice President’s Residence
Vice President Biden and @DrBiden just hosted Vice President-elect Pence and Karen Pence for lunch at the Naval Observatory, the Vice President's Residence.
“For a non-scientist like me, I find it absolutely incredible and exciting what you’re all working on.” —Vice President Biden talking about cancer research with the CEOs, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, doctors, and experts at the @ClevelandClinic Innovation Summit
