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Clinton: 'History isn't finished with Joe Biden'

Posted October 21, 2015 7:00 am

By KEN THOMAS

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling Vice President Joe Biden a "good man" following the vice president's announcement that he will not seek the White House.

Clinton says in a statement that Biden has a strong economic record and continues to fight for higher wages, safer communities and a more peaceful world. She says "it's a record to be proud of, defend, and build on."

She says she's confident that "history isn't finished with Joe Biden." The decision leaves Clinton and Bernie Sanders as the major Democratic candidates.

A third Democrat, former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, calls Biden a "very good and decent man" and says the vice president's experience would have been a "welcome addition" to the presidential race.

Vice President Joe Biden, with President Barack Obama, gestures as he speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, to announce that he will not run for the presidential nomination. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) The Associated Press

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