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Obama Chooses Biden as Running Mate

<div class=”story” id=”topStoryContinuedB”> <div class=”callout”> <a href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/us/politics/24biden.html?hp”><IMG src=”http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/08/22/us/23biden05_337.jpg” width=”337″ height=”240″ alt=””/></a> <div class=”credit”>Alex Wong/Getty Images</div> <h5> <a href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/us/politics/24biden.html?hp”></a> </h5> <p class=”summary”>Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware is a leading foreign policy authority and a longtime Washington hand.</p> <ul class=”refer”> <li class=”free”><a href=”http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=a425c9aca92f51bd19f2a621fd93b5e266507191″><IMG src=”http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/multimedia/icons/video_icon.gif” alt=”Video” width=”12″ height=”9″ border=”0″> Video</a> | <a href=”http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/issues/vice-presidents/index.html”>Biden on the Issues</a> | <a href=”http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/joseph_r_jr_biden/index.html”>Times Topics: Biden</a></li> <li class=”free”><a href=”http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/23/us/politics/20080823_BIDEN_TIMELINE.html”><IMG src=”http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/multimedia/icons/interactive_icon.gif” alt=”Interactive” width=”9″ height=”9″ border=”0″> Timeline</a> | <a href=”http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/obama-chooses-biden-as-running-mate/#respond”><IMG src=”http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/section/opinion/comment_icon.gif” alt=”Comment” width=”9″ height=”11″ border=”0″> Post a Comment</a></li> <li class=”free”><a href=”http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/mccain-rolls-out-new-ad-with-bidens-words/” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to McCain Rolls Out New Ad With Biden’s Words”>The Caucus: McCain Ad Uses Biden’s Words</a> <span class=”timestamp”>6:43 AM ET</span></li> </ul> <div class=”promo”> <!–underphoto–>