Monday, June 7, 2010

VP Biden on week-long trip to Africa

Joe Biden is traveling through Africa this week, with several stops. Later he will reach South Africa where he will represent the U.S. at the opening ceremonies of the 2010 world cup. Along with that, he will be meeting up with Egyptian President,Hosni Mudarak, "to discuss a full range of bilateral and regional issues," says the White House statement. The Vice President also had planes last March to go to Egypt to see Mubarak, But the trip was canceled when Mubarak fell sick. The V.P. is also going to stop in Kenya to "discuss peace and stability in the region- especially in Sudan and Somalia- with Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga." Jill, Joe's wife will be joining him during this trip. The 2 will stop in South Africa to watch the U.S. take on England in its 1st game on Saturday.

I'm glad that we are getting sort of involved in foreign affairs that doesn't include a ton of violence. Finally we are going to be doing something the right way to help out others, when everyone is really caught up with our own problem of the oil spill at the moment. Besides we need someone there to support our team.

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