The Obama administration defended Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday after former Obama Defense Secretary Robert Gates wrote that the vice president “has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.”

The quote comes from an upcoming memoir by Gates, who also served as defense secretary under George W. Bush, the president who nominated him to replace Donald Rumsfeld, and worked in many other administrations. Excerpts from the book in The New York Times and Washington Post paint a picture of Gates as frustrated by Obama administration control over the national security space.

In a statement by National Security Council spokesperson Caitlin Hayden Tuesday, the Obama administration pushed back on the excerpts and defended Biden.

“The president disagrees with Secretary Gates’ assessment — from his leadership on the Balkans in the Senate, to his efforts to end the war in Iraq, Joe Biden has been one of the leading statesmen of his time, and has helped advance America’s leadership in the world,” she said. “President Obama relies on his good counsel every day.”

http://www.buzzfeed.com/evanmcsan/white-...er-defense

Quote:Joe Biden has been one of the leading statesmen of his time

*Giggles uncontrollably*

Sheriff joe is a senile arseclown.

If we can get Barry out, Joe would be easy to control.

Every morning Dan Quayle says a prayer thanking God for Joe Biden.

Maybe this spokesperson envisions a career in comedy later on.

Biden, a great statesman? Yeah, that's the ticket!

Of all the scathing criticism Gates dished onto the WH, they pick to defend Biden. Meanwhile Zero's approval rating is expected to dip below 40%. Biden2016.

Perhaps O is hiding behind Biden and they figure that they have to defend poor old Joe.

Either that or defending Joe is like sticking up for your handicapped brother when others are bullying him.

Obama is a putz par excellence. Joe is a bumbling putz.

Whoever came up with the "leading statesman of his time" line was mocking Biden.