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Biden makes FDR gaffe during CBS interview

WASHINGTON - It hasn't been a good 24 hours for Joe Biden.

Speaking to the "CBS Evening News," the Democratic vice-presidential candidate said today's leaders should take a lesson from the history books and follow fellow Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt's response to a financial crisis.

"When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about...

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