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Joe Biden early life and career (view source)
Revision as of 01:12, December 24, 2020
, 01:12, December 24, 2020→2009–2017: Vice presidency
==2009–2017: Vice presidency==
==2009–2017: Vice presidency==
[[File:Hunter-Obama-1024x717.png|right|300px|thumb|Hunter Biden meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office.<br>''Official White House Photograph'']]
[[File:Hunter-Obama-1024x717.png|right|300px|thumb|Hunter Biden meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office.<br>''Official White House Photograph'']]
As he assumed office, Biden's responsibilities as vice president were not made clear. He had no specific portfolio of responsibilities. He alarmed the nation on April 30, 2009, by going on network television to warn Americans to stay out of confined spaces such as subways and airplanes, lest they catch Swine Flu. Health officials rejected his scare tactics and the White House immediately repudiated them.
As he assumed office, Biden's responsibilities as vice president were not made clear. He had no specific portfolio of responsibilities. He alarmed the nation on April 30, 2009, by going on network television to warn Americans to stay out of confined spaces such as subways and airplanes, lest they catch Swine Flu. Health officials rejected his scare tactics and the White House immediately repudiated them.
===Panic-mongering===
===Panic-mongering===
One of Biden's first actions as Vice President was to set off a national panic over the [[Swine flu]] which the White House was forced to walk back. Biden warned Americans to stay out of confined spaces such as subways and airplanes.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=7470281&page=1</ref>
One of Biden's first actions as Vice President was to set off a national panic over the [[Swine flu]] which the White House was forced to walk back. Biden warned Americans to stay out of confined spaces such as subways and airplanes.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=7470281&page=1</ref>
===Recovery Summer===
===Recovery Summer===
[[File:Shovelready.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]] ]]
:{{See also|Recovery Summer}}
The [[Obama administration]] proclaimed '''Recovery Summer''' on June 17, 2010 to spotlight the imapact [[President Obama]]'s economic program after passage of the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act]] (or "[[Economic stimulus|Stimulus package]]") by the [[Democrat]]ic controlled [[2008 Elections|111th Congress]] in 2009.<ref>[https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/administration-kicks-recovery-summer-with-groundbreakings-and-events-across-country Administration Kicks Off "Recovery Summer" with Groundbreakings and Events Across the Country], The [[White House]], Office of the Press Secretary, Press Release, June 17, 2010. Retrieved from www.whitehouse.gov October 9, 2010.</ref> Vice President Joe Biden was placed in charge of the effort.
The [[Obama administration]] proclaimed '''Recovery Summer''' on June 17, 2010 to spotlight the imapact [[President Obama]]'s economic program after passage of the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act]] (or "[[Economic stimulus|Stimulus package]]") by the [[Democrat]]ic controlled [[2008 Elections|111th Congress]] in 2009.<ref>[https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/administration-kicks-recovery-summer-with-groundbreakings-and-events-across-country Administration Kicks Off "Recovery Summer" with Groundbreakings and Events Across the Country], The [[White House]], Office of the Press Secretary, Press Release, June 17, 2010. Retrieved from www.whitehouse.gov October 9, 2010.</ref> Vice President Joe Biden was placed in charge of the effort.