![]() ![]() treaty ally the United States had larger and more formal security interests and obligations in Europe and East Asia and with the Cold War just over, the nation needed to turn more of its focus inward. So Biden had good company. Kuwait was not a U.S. Colin Powell, then chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, was extremely wary as well. Start with that 1991 vote. Yes, Biden did vote against the war authorization, which nonetheless passed the Senate 52-47, and yes Bush deserves great credit for his vision and courage to reverse Iraq’s aggression against Kuwait (which he might have done even if the Senate vote had gone the other way). But while a few Democrats backed the resolution, many others - including party luminaries like Sam Nunn, John Glenn and Lloyd Bentsen - joined Biden in opposition. Having been part of the Iraq war debate and watched Biden’s role in it for 30 years, I believe it is considerably better than allowed by critics like Gates, or political foes like Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas. Iraq has a way of making almost anyone look bad if they stay in the conversation long enough. But Biden has also made positive contributions to the policy-making process that need to be weighed in any net assessment of his record. Gates’s sweeping comment seems unfair, even nasty. After all, Biden supported arms control accords to help corral Russia’s nuclear weapons after the Cold War, major trade agreements that helped propel sustained global economic growth for decades, strong defense and intelligence budgets, and climate-change accords that, while far from adequate, have been a useful first step in addressing this great challenge of our era. But leave those matters aside for now. People like Gates often place particular focus on Iraq, since then-Sen. Biden voted against authorizing Operation Desert Storm in 1991 (which was a success) and in favor of authorizing the 2003 invasion of Iraq (which was not). ![]() Bush and President Barack Obama, famously put it this way in his memoir: "I think he's been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.” Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who served both President George W. Vice President, United States D JanuJanuVideos: 609 U.S.During the Republican National Convention, we heard an argument that will surely resurface this fall: Former Vice President Joe Biden's judgment on national security matters is supposedly poor. President, United States D Videos: 1,130 Previously President-elect, United States D NovemJanuVideos: 43 U.S. Most common tags: Presidential Nomination, Coronavirus Disease 2019, U.S. Most appearances with Barack Obama ( 130), Jill Biden ( 114), Kamala D. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2020 with an average of 12,954 views per program as a U.S. The year with the most videos was 2021 with 473 videos. On the C-SPAN Networks: Joe Biden has 2,952 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library the first appearance was a 1983 Forum as a Democratic Senator for Delaware. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under President Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009. is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States since 2021. ![]()
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