Biden Preps for Debate As Son's Deployment Looms

[Fleshdancer]

I didn't realize Beau Biden was being deployed to Iraq this week.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/biden-preps-for.html

ABC News' Matt Jaffe Reports: All the attention this week might appear to be on Thursday's vice-presidential debate in St. Louis, but such is not the case for one of the two participants in the much-anticipated duel: Sen. Joe Biden's son Beau, Delaware state attorney general, will begin his year-long deployment to Iraq with a ceremony Friday in Wilmington.

Biden interrupted his debate prep Tuesday for lunch with Beau, Beau's wife Hallie, and their four-year old daughter Natalie at a family favorite burger joint, The Charcoal Pit in Wilmington.

"Debates are important but family is always what's really important," said Biden spokesman David Wade. "The Biden family, like all the families in our country who have a loved one called up, deserve some time to themselves outside the glare and frenzy of the political process. They appreciate how incredibly understanding folks have been, including the media."

[medicswife]

1. They're just having the ceremony on Friday....the deployment will

come a little bit later. Biden won't spill the beans about the actual date of deployment unlike the Palin crew. We won't know when he's going until he's already gone.

My husband's ceremony was always around a week or two before the actual troop movement, plus with him being National Guard, things tend to be a little different. They will probably go for some heavy training and acclimation first.

[Fleshdancer]

2. that make sense...

I'm glad to hear it. I didn't like the idea of Beau leaving the day after the debate...not that it would probably matter much for Joe since this will be the most lame "debate" in my lifetime.