Cheney, Biden to meet privately at VP residence

[babylonsister]

Cheney, Biden to meet privately at VP residence

By DEB RIECHMANN
Associated Press Writer


WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Dick Cheney, getting ready to hand off the job as the nation's second-in-command, will sit down with Vice President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday at the Naval Observatory.

Cheney spokeswoman Megan Mitchell said Cheney and his wife, Lynne, have invited Biden and his wife, Jill, to their home at the observatory, the vice presidential residence. The meeting on the vice presidential transition follows the historic meeting President Bush had Monday with President-elect Obama.

"The Cheneys and the Bidens will have a private meeting and then tour the residence," Mitchell said.

The meeting will be more of a social call between Cheney and Biden, who both are steeped in foreign policy and national security issues.

Biden, who has been chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has a grounding in both foreign and domestic affairs honed over more than three decades in politics. Cheney is known as a chief architect of the war in Iraq and a hard-liner when it comes to U.S. foreign policy.

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[DFW]

1. I hope Biden wears a bullet-proof nest and a face mask.

Cheney has been known to let loose with that shotgun of his.........

[Plaid Adder]

2. NOOOOO! DON'T GO IN THERE ALONE!!

He'll bite your neck and drain your blood before you can say "transition!" Meet in the open and bring witnesses!

The Plaid Adder

[babylonsister]

4. LOL! I agree! nt

[Plaid Adder]

3. dupe

n/t

[nichomachus]

5. If I'm not out in 30 minutes . . . . .

How much do you want to bet that the fuhrer-bunker has been turned into a chapel and a private gym?

[LeftishBrit]

6. Poor Biden - hope he takes a shower afterwards!