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Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 09:00:25 -0400

Transcript and video from the MSNBC interview, as well as clips from NH and
MA are below--

 *11:45 AM ET: MSNBC Live *(Rough Transcript)

Beau Biden, Attorney General for Delaware

VIDEO:
http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=1a2af894-2dfe-47ee-a8ea-e93fdcfa288e

THOMAS ROBERTS: so let's bring in beau biden, attorney general for the
state of delaware. he is also a major in the delaware national guard
having served a 12-month deployment in iraq. he's also the vice
president's son. mitt romney has hammered president obama for the automatic
military cuts that could take place as a result of congress failing to
reach a debt deal. even the defense secretary said the cuts could be staef
dating. does that hurt the president in the vet community?

BEAU BIDEN: number one, congress must act and avoid sequestration op any of
these defense cuts. number two, you know, governor romney seems to confuse
the defense budget from the veterans budget. what i have spent the
last several months talking about is the president's, not just
his decisiveness as a what happeneder and chief and what a strong leader
he's been and going after al qaeda around the world and eliminating osama
bin laden from the face of the earth, but also honoring the commitment to
veterans. you know, mitt romney, as you well know, spent his
entire convention speech accepting his party's nomination to be commander
in chief and didn't mention those serving in what will be america's longest
war in afghanistan and didn't mention veterans once. his website didn't
mention veterans until sometime this summer. the president has made
sure we've honored our commitment to veterans, increased funding
for veterans by more than any president has in 30 years. there's a very
stark contrast just on the issues of veterans alone.

ROBERTS: let's talk as you bring up this great distinction between a vet
budget and the defense budget, something the defense -- the defense bth is
something mitt romney wants to increase, something they're not even asking
for.

BIDEN: that's right. he's asking for $2 trillion beyond what the pentagon
has asked for and as smart as he and paul ryan are, they act like that's
the answer to making sure we take care of veterans. as you know, the
veterans piece of the pie is over here, the defense budget is over
here. and the paul ryan budget, the romney/ryan budget would cut veterans
affairs funding by $11 billion in the first year. look, we're a nation that
has been in war for ten years, one of which will be our longest war, only
less than 1% of our population is serving in those two wars. it seems as
though mitt romney and paul ryan are more interested in making sure
that 0.1% of our population gets a massive tax cut than making sure we
honor our commitment to those who served in iraq and afghanistan over the
last decade representing less than 1% of our population. it's a matter of
values and what you value. look, these are honorable, decent men, but they
seem to value making sure that the wealthiest among us get a tax cut on the
backs of veterans, 22 million strong in america, 1 million in ohio, many,
many in iowa and new hampshire where i just was, and less than 1% of them
having served over the last decade.

ROBERTS: beau, you bring up the romney/ryan plan, specifically paul ryan's
plan is what has gotten a lot of press over the last year, but when we
speak about the preps that your dad is going through to get ready for the
vice presidential debate against congressman ryan, what do you know? what
insight can you give us about how your dad is getting ready for that?

BIDEN: well, he's methodically preparing to understand and have a clear
sense of what paul ryan's budget is about and it's been adopted by the
united states house of representatives and been embraced by
governor romney, understand his plan tom, by the way, with
governor romney's plan to voucherize the va. he's studying very hard. paul
ryan is a skilled debater, a skilled -- very -- he's very smart,
encyclopedic knowledge of the budget he's proposed and the domestic issues
that are out there, working hard to prepare methodically for the
debate against sarah palin, so he's working very hard.

ROBERTS: delaware attorney general Beau Biden, thanks for coming on today.

<http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20121004-NEWS-121009855>

*Recalling family tragedy, Beau Biden thanks firefighters in
Exeter*<http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20121004-NEWS-121009855>

*Aaron Davis//Seacoast Online//Exeter News Letter*

EXETER — A campaign stop at the Exeter Fire Department was emotional for
Beau Biden on Thursday.

During a Firefighters for Obama event, the eldest son of Vice President Joe
Biden recalled the tragic accident that took the life of his mother and
sister 40 years ago.

“Firefighters have been there for my family at every important moment of my
life,” said Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden said to the assembled
bucket brigade in the truck bay at the Exeter Fire Department.

“When I was a young kid in '72, my dad had just got elected to the Senate,
and we were out getting a Christmas tree when we were hit by a
tractor-trailer,” he said. “I lost my mom and my sister, and my brother and
I survived. The people that helped us, helped my family at that moment,
were your brothers and sisters in yellow.”

Biden, who serves as the attorney general of Delaware and is an Iraq war
veteran, was first elected attorney general in 2006 and served a yearlong
tour of duty with the U.S. Army in Iraq from 2008 to 2009.

Rich Curtis, president of the International Association of Firefighters
Local 3491, was appreciative of Biden's support and that of President
Barack Obama.

“All the guys here, Shane, Mike, Lee, Jason, firefighting is in our blood,
it's a family,” Curtis said. “We work hard and make life and death
decisions every day. We don't want medals or accolades, but we want to know
our future is secure and to be treated like the professionals we are.”

<http://exeter.patch.com/articles/beau-biden-campaigns-tor-obama-in-exeter>
Beau
Biden Campaigns for Obama in Exeter
<http://exeter.patch.com/articles/beau-biden-campaigns-tor-obama-in-exeter>

Joe Biden's son stressed the importance of public employees like cops and
firefighters.

*Jason Claffey//Exeter Patch*

Vice President Joe Biden's son, Beau, stressed the importance of public
employees like cops and firefighters during a campaign rally in Exeter
today.

Beau Biden <http://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/office/biography.shtml>,
Delaware's Attorney General and an Iraq War veteran, was accompanied by
local firefighters at the Exeter Fire Station. Earlier in the day, he
attended a similar rally in Manchester.

Much of his talk focused on how his father and President Obama are fighting
for the middle class, people like the firefighters who were on hand, while
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are focused on cutting taxes for the "0.1
percent."

Biden called firefighters "essential elements of the fabric of our
community," and urged the 50 or so people in attendance to work hard to get
his father and Obama elected.

If Romney is elected, he said, it will result in "massive, massive cuts in
our ability and your ability to do your jobs."

During a brief interview after his remarks, Biden rejected the narrative
that Romney won Wednesday's debate with Obama, and said his father is hard
at work preparing for next week's debate with Ryan.

"I thought the president did a great job articulating his vision," he said.

Biden said he expects his father to continue to focus on the message that
the current administration is fighting for the middle class.

"That's what my Dad's been talking about, and I anticipate you'll be
hearing a lot about that on Thursday," he said.

Beau Biden Blasts GOP Position on Veterans*
*<http://londonderry.patch.com/articles/beau-biden-blasts-gop-position-on-veterans>
(video
included in the link)

*The eldest son of vice president Joe Biden stopped in Derry on Oct. 4. *

*Michael Ryan//Londerry Patch  *

Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, the eldest son of vice president Joe
Biden, slammed the GOP ticket on Oct. 4 for what he called a "different set
of priorities" for the country's veterans.

Speaking to media at MaryAnn's Diner in Derry, Biden, an Iraq veteran,
criticized Ryan's budget plan, which he said calls for a "20 percent ax" on
everything other than defense, which would include Veteran Affairs.

"If you apply a 20 percent cut as Paul Ryan wants to do and I believe his
math on it, it amounts to an $11 billion cut in year one to the VA, 85
percent of which goes to meet the healthcare needs of our veterans, who are
22 million (people) in America," Biden said.

Biden clarified that it's not about his father exploiting Ryan on foreign
policy in next week's vice presidential debate in Kentucky, but rather
laying out his plan as well as President Obama's plan for the next four
years.

Four years ago, when the vice president debated Sarah Palin on the national
stage, it was one day before that Beau Biden was deployed overseas.

He explained that veteran issues are extremely important to him, and are
much of what he is campaigning on in New Hampshire and in other
battleground states around the country.

Biden criticized Romney's plan to increase the defense budget by $2
trillion, something that was also attacked by President Obama during the
first presidential debate, which Biden watched with his wife.

"That's $2 trillion dollars more than they have asked for," Biden said.

He accused Romney of not mentioning veterans during both the debate and the
Republican National Convention speech. Biden also said that the 59-point
plan that Romney has been pushing does not mention veterans at all.

Asked why Romney's "47 percent of Americans" comments from a private
fundraiser earlier this year were not brought up by President Obama last
night, Biden said that a lot depends on the moderator and the opportunities
that he or she provides for the candidates.

But Biden didn't hesitate to blast the surreptitiously taped comments,
which he said shows Romney calling those 47 percent "entitled."

"I know those people, they don't consider themselves victims (and) they
don't consider themselves entitled," he said. "In fact, the veterans, the
disabled veterans, they don't feel as though they are entitled to making
sure that the VA provides benefits and provides for their healthcare. They
are actually entitlements that they earned, that they in many cases shed
blood for."

<http://attleboro.patch.com/articles/vice-president-s-son-campaigns-for-kennedy>

*Vice President's Son Campaigns for Kennedy
*<http://attleboro.patch.com/articles/vice-president-s-son-campaigns-for-kennedy>

*Democratic congressional candidate Joe Kennedy III celebrates his 32nd
birthday in Attleboro speaking about support for military veterans.*

*Jonathan Friedman//Attleboro-Seekonk Patch*

Republican congressional candidate Sean
Bielat<http://attleboro.patch.com/articles/sean-bielat-republican-candidate-for-us-congress-in-mass-4th-district>has
military experience, but the son of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told
an audience in South Attleboro on Thursday that Bielat's Democratic
opponent Joe Kennedy
III<http://attleboro.patch.com/articles/joe-kennedy-iii-democratic-candidate-for-us-congress-in-mass-4th-district>was
the best person to represent veterans in Washington.

After spending the day in New Hampshire campaiging for his father and
President Barack
Obama<http://londonderry.patch.com/articles/beau-biden-blasts-gop-position-on-veterans>,
Delaware
Attorney General Beau Biden came to the American Legion Post 312 in South
Attleboro for the nighttime event called "Veterans for Joe Kennedy."
Kennedy is running against Bielat for the seat in the U.S. House
representing Massachusett's 4th District, which includes Attleboro and
Seekonk.

Biden, who served in Iraq from 2008 to 2009 as a member of the Delaware
Army National Guard's Judge Advocate General's Corps, said the Republicans
running for the White House and the 4th Congressional District seat are
"patriotic" and "honorable, decent men," who have "a different set of
values" from the Democrats in those contests.

He claimed a federal budget proposed earlier this year by vice presidential
candidate Paul Ryan would cut the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs'
annual budget by $11 billion, 85 percent of which goes to medical care.

"We have a very, very stark choice to make in this election, in this
congressional district  … and nationally with Joe Kennedy and Barack
Obama," Biden said.

Kennedy, who was celebrating his 32nd birthday, made various promises on
what he would do for veterans if elected.

"I will fight to make sure that those returning vets have the employment
they have fought for and deserve when they come home, that when they return
home, those veterans will not have to wait months or even years to get the
benefits they have earned and deserved, that our ... country makes the
investments we need in order to address the wounds of war—both physical and
unseen," the candidate said.

Kennedy said he would also make sure female veterans "get equal levels of
benefits, care and respect as well."

Biden and Kennedy were introduced by state Sen. James Vallee (D-Franklin),
who is a lieutenant colonel in the Army National Guard. Vallee said there
would be no better friend for veterans in Washington than Kennedy.

"Joe has been an incredibly thoughtful and hard-working candidate," Vallee
said. "He has earned the right to be our congressman. Not only has Joe been
right on the issues, Joe has shown that he understands this district … and
he'll be a great advocate for us in D.C., particularly on veterans issues."

  Vice president's son stumps for Kennedy in
Attleboro<http://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/vice-president-s-son-stumps-for-kennedy-in-attleboro/article_84f7319e-6fcc-505a-9f17-b158f6db3948.html>
Jim
Hand//Attleboro Sun Chronicle

*ATTLEBORO* - The son of Vice President Joe Biden came to Attleboro
Thursday to ask military veterans to get behind the election of his father,
President Barack Obama and congressional candidate Joseph Kennedy III so
they can fight to protect veterans services.

Beau Biden, the attorney general of Delaware, spoke in favor of Kennedy to
a full house at the American Legion Post in South Attleboro after
campaigning in New Hampshire for the presidential ticket.

A major in the Delaware National Guard who served in Iraq, the younger
Biden said 50,000 servicemen and women have been wounded in the wars in
Afghanistan and Iraq, and they deserve the best medical care the United
States can provide.

He said Republicans want to cut $11 billion per year from the Veterans
Administration, 85 percent of which would come out of health care for
veterans, while supporting tax cuts for the wealthiest.

The cuts would come as a result of the budget proposed by Mitt Romney's
running mate, vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, he said.

Romney and Ryan also want to turn medical care for veterans into a voucher
system, Biden said.

Obama, Joe Biden and Kennedy all oppose the cuts, the younger Biden said.

The Obama administration, he said, has instead increased funding for
veterans by 10 percent and added more claims processors to handle the crush
of returning wounded veterans applying for benefits.

"We have a very stark choice to make in this district," he said of race
between Kennedy and Republican Sean Bielat.

The Republicans are "honorable, decent men, but they have a different value
set," he said.
  Congressionalhopeful Joe Kennedy III enlists Beau Biden to kick off
'Veterans for Joe' campaign
initiative<http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/10/congressional_hopeful_joe_kenn_2.html>

*Robert Rizzuto//The Republican*

Delaware Attorney General and Iraq war veteran Beau Biden joined
congressional candidate Joseph Kennedy
III<http://topics.masslive.com/tag/joseph-kennedy-iii/index.html>on
Thursday for the campaign's "Veterans for Joe" kickoff in Attleboro.

Kennedy, the son of former U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy II and a grandson of
the late U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, is aiming to win the seat to be left
behind when U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Newton, retires at the end of his
term. He is facing Republican competition from Marine and businessman Sean
Bielat <http://topics.masslive.com/tag/sean-bielat/index.html>.

Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, talked up Kennedy's commitment to
veterans and public service.

“Veterans across the district, the Commonwealth and the country have a
friend and advocate in Joe Kennedy,” Biden said in a statement. “Joe is the
real deal—he understands the challenges our brave servicemen and women face
when they come home and will work tirelessly to ensure they have the
benefits and care they have earned and deserve.=9