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    Biden Tries To Clarify His Record On Iraq War During Democratic Debate

    In an interview with the NPR Politics Podcast, former Vice President Joe Biden mischaracterized his opposition to the Iraq War. On the debate stage in Houston, he clarified his record.
    by Asma Khalid Sep 12, 2019 3 minutes
    Former Vice President Joe Biden takes the stage Thursday at the third Democratic debate, which took place at Texas Southern University in Houston.

    More than 16 years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, former Vice President Joe Biden is still struggling to explain his vote for the war and when his feelings about intervention evolved.

    On Thursday night, during the third Democratic debate, which took place in Houston, Biden said he "never should have voted to give [President] Bush the authority to go in and do what he said he was going to do."

    Biden, a former Delaware senator,

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