Globe-trotting Biden's trip to Vietnam is his first ever after getting five student deferments during the Vietnam War 時代; 大統領 calls for 協力するing on 'painful 問題/発行するs' in 会合 with Party 長,率いる

  • Biden visited dozens of countries as 上院議員 and 副/悪徳行為 大統領,/社長
  • Born in 1942, he got a 一連の student deferments?
  • He spoke of 協同組合 成果/努力s, visited John McCain 記念の

大統領?Joe Biden has visited dozens of countries during his 10年間s as a 大統領,/社長, 副/悪徳行為 大統領,/社長, and 上院議員, but it took him until reaching the age of 80 before he 始める,決める foot on Vietnamese 国/地域.

Biden, who was born in 1942, is the fifth 連続した U.S. 大統領,/社長 who did not serve in the 軍の. 非,不,無 served during the Vietnam War that 原因(となる)d 深い divides in U.S. society.

White House 公式の/役人s and the 長,率いる of Vietnam's 共産主義者 Party 発言/述べるd Biden's first and historic visit, which comes にもかかわらず his 驚くべき/特命の/臨時の globe-trotting while in office, 含むing during a 任期 as Chairman of the 上院 Foreign Relations.

Biden visited 57 countries as 副/悪徳行為 大統領,/社長, and has topped two dozen as 大統領,/社長, and has long pointed to his experience on the world 行う/開催する/段階, 含むing his 多重の leaders with Chinese 大統領 Xi Jinping.

President Joe Biden spoke of the painful legacy of the Vietnam war during his first ever trip to Vietnam

大統領 Joe Biden spoke of the painful 遺産/遺物 of the Vietnam war during his first ever trip to Vietnam

Biden's 上院 任期 同時に起こる/一致するd with the 正常化 of U.S. 外交関係 and growing 貿易(する) and political 関係.??

He twice 議長,司会を務めるd the Foreign Relations パネル盤 during the 2000s, but his time 同時に起こる/一致するd with 最大の関心事 with the first and second Iraq War, and many of his trips 含むd visits to Iraq and Afghanistan まっただ中に the U.S. wars there and to 地域の 同盟(する)s.

Biden received five student deferments?during the war, によれば Selective Service 記録,記録的な/記録するs the Obama (選挙などの)運動をする 解放(する)d in 200.

In 1968, a year when U.S. 軍隊/機動隊 (軍隊を)展開する,配備する ments topped 500,000, Biden was given a 1-Y 分類, meaning he would only get 草案d in a 国家の 緊急. The student deferments (機の)カム while he was an undergraduate 熟考する/考慮するing at the University of Delaware and a Syracuse University 法律 student. An Obama (選挙などの)運動をする 広報担当者 said at the time he was 'disqualified from service because of 喘息 as a 十代の少年少女.'

That (機の)カム during an 選挙 when Obama was 直面するing Donald Trump, who himself got a deferment for bone 刺激(する)s in his foot.

Biden, born in 1942, received multiple student deferments during the war. He met?Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (r), and met?Nguyn Ph? Trong, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, on Sunday

Biden, born in 1942, received 多重の student deferments during the war. He met?Vietnam's 総理大臣 Pham Minh Chinh (r), and met?Nguyn Ph? Trong, general 長官 of the 共産主義者 Party of Vietnam, on Sunday

Biden visited a memorial to his friend the late Sen. John McCain in Hanoi

Biden visited a 記念の to his friend the late Sen. John McCain in Hanoi

Biden did not 抗議する the war, and his birth year put him in college as an undergraduate before cultural changes that swept across the country.? 'I wore sports coats. You’re looking at a middle-class guy,' he said in 1987, as the Washington 地位,任命する 報告(する)/憶測d. 'I am who I am. I’m not big on flak jackets and tie-dyed shirts and ― you know, that’s not me.'

Biden brought with him 環境の special (外交)使節/代表 Sen. John Kerry, who fought in Vietnam and then became a 目だつ anti-war 行動主義者. He has been 言及/関連ing Kerry at events, along with the late Sen. John McCain.

He visited the 記念の to McCain in Hanoi where McCain's 計画(する) got 発射 負かす/撃墜する in 1967.

'I 行方不明になる him. He was a good friend,' Biden told reporters.?

He has also spoken about the 遺産/遺物 of the war in 会合s with 最高の,を越す Vietnamese 公式の/役人s, even as he 促進するs 増加するd 関係 designed in part as a 反対する to a rising 中国.

'Today, we can trace a 50-year arc of 進歩 in the 関係 between our nations -- from 衝突 to 正常化 to this new elevated status that will be a 軍隊 for 繁栄 and 安全 in one of the most consequential 地域s in the world,' Biden said in 発言/述べるs と一緒に? Nguyn Ph? Trong, general 長官 of the 共産主義者 Party of Vietnam, 認めるing Kerry and McCain.

'Both men saw so 明確に, as I and so many others did, how much we had to 伸び(る) by working together to 打ち勝つ a bitter past. Years later, I remember the hard work it took, as a member of the 上院 Foreign Relations 委員会, to be able to 標準的にする/正常にする relations in 1995,' he said.

'It’s work that we 誓約(する) today to continue -- (疑いを)晴らすing unexploded ordnance, remediating 環境の 損失 from dioxin, 拡大するing support for people with disabilities, and accounting for every American service member still 行方不明の in 活動/戦闘 in Vietnam 同様に as the fallen or 行方不明の Vietnam 兵士s from that war,' he said, in a building adorned with a 抱擁する 大打撃を与える and sickle, 近づく where a statue of 売春婦 Chi Minh's 支配するs a 会議/協議会 room where the Biden and Trong also met.

'Our 協調 on these painful 問題/発行するs, 同様に as on (1)偽造する/(2)徐々に進むing new 遺産/遺物s, is one of 株d peace and 繁栄. It's a testament -- I mean this -- it’s a testament for the resilience and spirit of both our peoples.'

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