Biden’s snippy exchanges with reporters mask midterm fears
By Robert Parry, Staff Writer, NBC News
Updated 3:28 pm, Sunday, November 13, 2012
Joe Biden, left, listens as President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House after a session of the U.S. Conference of Mayors on November 9, 2012 in Washington, D.C.
Joe Biden, left, listens as President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House after a session of the U.S. Conference of Mayors on November 9, 2012 in Washington, D.C.
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Vice President Joe Biden is greeted as he arrives at the White House in Washington, D.C. on November 9, 2012.
Vice President Joe Biden is greeted as he arrives at the White House in Washington, D.C. on November 9, 2012.
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A man walks past reporters while Vice President Joe Biden leaves the White House in Washington, D.C. on November 9, 2012.
A man walks past reporters while Vice President Joe Biden leaves the White House in Washington, D.C. on November 9, 2012.
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FILE – In this Feb. 21, 2015, file photo, Vice President Joe Biden, left, talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. President Barack Obama’s national security adviser, Susan Rice, apologized Sunday, Nov. 13, 2012, to Netanyahu over a call on Israeli TV between Biden and Netanyahu in which they discussed military aid and security arrangements for Israel. Biden has said he was responding to questions about Obama’s national security team. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File) less
FILE – In this Feb. 21, 2015, file photo, Vice President Joe Biden, left, talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. President Barack Obama’s national security adviser, Susan Rice, apologized Sunday, Nov. 13, 2012, to