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	<title><![CDATA[Biden Defends Obama On Committee Attack]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/17/biden-defends-obama-on-co_n_113309.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint sent Obama a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/15/mccain-takes-page-from-cl_n_112855.html">letter</a> asking why, as chairman of a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee, the candidate hasn't held any hearings on Afghanistan. It was an attack <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/15/mccain-takes-page-from-cl_n_112855.html">used by Hillary Clinton</a> in the Democratic primary.</p>

<p>However, there's an easy response: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joe Biden <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/16/obama-camp-mccains-positi_n_113052.html">has said</a> he wants all hearings on Afghanistan to be held at the full committee level. In case he's forgotten that, Biden reminds DeMint in a <a href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/17/1203867.aspx">letter...</a></p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-07-25T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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