Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)
2021, February 2021, Remarks by President Biden to Department of Defense Personnel, February 10, 2021
“I always wanted to be commander-in-chief of my one-woman army,
But I can envision the mediocrity of my finest hour.”
Not So Soft
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