Vice President Joe Biden waves after landing in Kiev on April 21, 2014. He was dispatched there to show U.S. solidarity with the Ukrainian government in its conflict with Russia. Biden was a frequent flier long before he became vice president. Click through the images to see some of his travels.
Joe Biden overseas travels —
Vice President Joe Biden waves after landing in Kiev on April 21, 2014. He was dispatched there to show U.S. solidarity with the Ukrainian government in its conflict with Russia. Biden was a frequent flier long before he became vice president. Click through the images to see some of his travels.
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Biden and his granddaughter, Finnegan, visit Observation Post Ouellette at the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea on December 7, 2013.
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Biden and his granddaughter, Finnegan, visit Observation Post Ouellette at the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea on December 7, 2013.
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In his photo provided by the German Government Press Office, Biden speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the start of their meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on February 1, 2013.
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In his photo provided by the German Government Press Office, Biden speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the start of their meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on February 1, 2013.
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Biden shakes hands with Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold as they inspect honor guards after Biden's arrival at the Chinggis Khaan International Airport in Ulan Bator on August 22, 2011.
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Biden shakes hands with Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold as they inspect honor guards after Biden's arrival at the Chinggis Khaan International Airport in Ulan Bator on August 22, 2011.
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Biden meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal after arriving in Riyadh on October 27, 2011.
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Biden meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal after arriving in Riyadh on October 27, 2011.
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Biden is surrounded by security agents and Turkish officials during a wreath-laying ceremony at the mausoleum of Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, in Ankara on December 2, 2011.
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Biden is surrounded by security agents and Turkish officials during a wreath-laying ceremony at the mausoleum of Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, in Ankara on December 2, 2011.
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Biden listens during the change-of-command ceremony in Baghdad on September 1, 2010, ending seven years of U.S. combat there.
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Biden listens during the change-of-command ceremony in Baghdad on September 1, 2010, ending seven years of U.S. combat there.
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Biden and Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr walk past a U.S.-made tank during a ceremony at the Rafiq Hariri International Airport in Beirut on May 22, 2009.
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Biden and Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr walk past a U.S.-made tank during a ceremony at the Rafiq Hariri International Airport in Beirut on May 22, 2009.
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Biden, far left, walks toward the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad in June 2003. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he made several international trips with Republicans, including from right Sens. Richard Lugar and then-Sen. Chuck Hagel.
Joe Biden overseas travels —
Biden, far left, walks toward the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad in June 2003. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he made several international trips with Republicans, including from right Sens. Richard Lugar and then-Sen. Chuck Hagel.
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Then-Sen. Biden stands in front of a Danish armored personnel carrier at the United Nations-controlled Sarajevo Airport on April 9, 1993. As head of the Foreign Relations Committee, Biden was one of the leading voices pushing the international community to end the genocide in the Balkans.
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Then-Sen. Biden stands in front of a Danish armored personnel carrier at the United Nations-controlled Sarajevo Airport on April 9, 1993. As head of the Foreign Relations Committee, Biden was one of the leading voices pushing the international community to end the genocide in the Balkans.
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