President Obama and Vice President Biden

President Obama and Vice President Biden

“They’ve gone from rattling the saber to, you know, being doves carrying, you know, peace—I don’t know what they stand for,” Biden said on CBS ‘This Morning’ the day after the debate. “It’s clear [Romney] is not, he is not ready to be the commander-in-chief of the United States military. He demonstrated a lack of sophistication about what’s going on around the world. His rapid change in his positions. Look, being president requires a clear vision and a steady hand. That’s exactly what President Obama demonstrated … And it’s exactly what Governor Romney demonstrated was lacking.”

Joe Biden, former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and current vice president, gives his judgement on Mitt Romney's foreign policy debate performance Biden isn't just speaking from the partisan standpoint, though he does that well. He's speaking as someone who has served on the Foreign Relations committee since being elected to the Senate, and served as chairman of the committee before becoming vice president. From that position on the committee, Biden has actually met more foreign leaders than even President Obama. He was actually instrumental in arms control negotiations with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko.

So, yeah, when Joe Biden says Romney isn't ready to be commander-in-chief, he pretty much knows what he's talking about.

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