Subject: Re: 122214 BeauTermOped asm
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To: "Joshua Alcorn" <[email-masked]>, "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Alexander S. Mackler" <[email-masked]>, "Joe Rogalsky" <[email-masked]>, "Beau Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Molly Magarik" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 17:57:03 +0000 (UTC)

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From: Alex Snyder-Mackler
To: Beau Biden, Ted Kaufman, Hu=ter Biden, Molly Magarik, Joe Rogalsky, Josh Alcorn
Sent: Decemb=r 26, 2014 at 11:16 PM
Subject: 122214 BeauTermOped asm
Made a couple more tweaks and included Be=u's edit

DRAFT – Dec. 23, 2014
Serving as Delaware’s Attorney General for the last eight years has=been the greatest honor of my life. I will never be able to thank the peop=e of Delaware enough for this privilege.

You allowed me to work with the talented men and women in the Delaware Depa=tment of Justice—extraordinary professionals whom I would stack up=against any prosecutors in the United States.

Their track record proves it: tireless work to protect children, get crimin=ls off of our streets, and hold accountable those responsible for the hous=ng crisis. Working with our staff has been a genuine pleasure and their s=ill has allowed us to accomplish a great deal.

My focus from the beginning has been to protect the most vulnerable among u=—and no one is more vulnerable than our children. That’s =hy one of my very first decisions was to create the Child Predator Task Fo=ce; the first unit of its kind in Delaware and one that has become a natio=ally-recognized leader. And while it is best known for catching the pedia=rician who’s been called the worst pedophile in the country�=94Earl Bradley is now serving 14 life sentences plus 164 years—tha= was just one demonstration of the Task Force’s impact.

The Task Force puts dedicated police and prosecutors side by side, focusing=every day on nothing but tracking down predators who seek to harm our chil=ren. In just eight years, we have taken 210 predators out of our neighborh=ods and rescued more than 120 children from abusive situations. For every=high profile case like Bradley or school leaders, there are dozens of othe= convictions--less notorious but just as critical to the children saved.=20

In most cases, children cannot speak for themselves. Only 1 in 10 victimiz=d children will report the abuse, even though 90 percent are being hurt by=someone who claims to care for them. To shine a bright light on child abus= – and to make sure adults understand their legal and moral respon=ibility to speak up for children – we partnered with the Delaware =MCA and Prevent Child Abuse Delaware to train thousands to spot the signs = child is being harmed. Those efforts are paying off: calls to the state=E2��s Child Abuse Hotline have more than doubled in the past eight yea=s.

Protecting the most vulnerable among us also means giving survivors of dome=tic violence the strong legal protections they need to help rebuild their =ives. And it means speaking up for elderly Delawareans suffering from abus=, neglect, or financial exploitation. I am proud that over the past eight =ears Delaware has made significant strides protecting survivors of domesti= violence and their families. We have strengthened Delaware’s laws=to punish those who take advantage of senior citizens. And we have given l=w enforcement important new tools to identify and rescue at-risk seniors.=20

When I took office in 2007, the economic crisis caused by the collapse of t=e housing market had not yet happened. As the crisis exploded and the effe=ts hit Delaware hard, Delaware homeowners and communities were vulnerable.=Too many lost their home values—and their confidence in our system=E2��because of the careless acts of others. The public deserved accou=tability, so we at DOJ sought to get it.

All over the state, I heard from struggling homeowners who could keep their=homes only if the bank agreed to a mortgage modification. When those homeo=ners tried to call their banks, however, they either couldn’t figu=e out which institution owned their mortgage, or were stuck in 1-800-HELL =nd couldn’t get anyone to talk to them. We worked with the General=Assembly to create the Delaware Mortgage Mediation Program to guarantee ho=eowners what they want and deserve: a chance to sit down, face-to-face, wi=h their banker and have a meaningful conversation about alternatives to fo=eclosure.

The housing crisis impacted every part of Delaware, and many of our familie= and communities are still struggling to recover. To help them, our office=secured more than $185 million in fines from financial institutions respon=ible for the crisis. More than $100 million went straight back to those wh= were most harmed: providing financial benefits for Delawareans like mort=age modifications, refinancing for underwater homeowners, and direct payme=ts to foreclosure victims.
Every day in this job I’ve tried to help protect so many who could =ot protect themselves. During that time, Delaware has become recognized as=a national leader in the fight to protect our kids, our senior citizens, a=d those caught in the housing crisis.

As my time as your Attorney General comes to an end, I feel good about what=we have accomplished. In addition, I know that the important work of the D=J is being passed to an excellent leader, Matt Denn. Matt is uniquely qual=fied to build on the DOJ’s past successes and will launch new, exc=ting endeavors of his own.

Thank you for this tremendous honor. In return, I’ve tried to remai= true to the core values I believe define public service: honesty, integri=y, and doing right by the people I serve.

And on a personal note, the overwhelming support you’ve shown my fa=ily over these eight years—particularly when I was overseas�=94is something we will never forget. Kindness like yours makes Delaware a =pecial community; one that I hope to be able to serve again.
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