Joe Biden's Listening Skills Become Asset For Obama Administration

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 17: U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden addresses the 81st Winter Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) at Capital Hilton Hotel January 17, 2013 in Washington, DC. Biden delivered remarks on gun control during the opening plenary luncheon of the meeting. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 17: U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden addresses the 81st Winter Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) at Capital Hilton Hotel January 17, 2013 in Washington, DC. Biden delivered remarks on gun control during the opening plenary luncheon of the meeting. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

It was a little after 11 a.m. on a Wednesday morning in mid-January, and Joe Biden was settling into a conference room on the second floor of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

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