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news, the democratic party and its leaders are still reeling from election results and trying to decide where they go from here. lots of folks have been wondering what might have been if vice president biden had been the nominee and as democrats look at their relatively empty presidential bench, there s been speculation the 74-year-old veep might be ready for one more scrimmage. we sat down with the vice president in his office for one final exit interview. mr. vice president, for the final time, i guess, thank you so much for sitting down with us. always enjoyed being with you, jake, i really do. so a lot of incredible tributes to you this week. you said it was a bit like being at your own funeral. was there one that in particular really, really moved you? it made me think about all the years i spent there and how it sort of used to be. the thing that pleased me the most was that that they talked about me as a friend, and that i never misled them, and we could disagree like
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reports tillerson is top choice for secretary of state, but the ceo s close ties to russia, putin once awarded him an order of friendship award, could make for a tough confirmation hearing in congress, one of possibly many fights to come. in our exclusive exit interview with vice president biden, the vice president shared his view on another controversial trump cabinet pick. i know you ve been reluctant to talk about individual cabinet selections, but there is one, a former colleague of yours, senator sessions, that you once voted against when he was up for a federal judgeship. i led the fight against him. you led the fight against him in 1986. democrats said he was racially insensitive, republicans said that, in fact, he had prosecuted the ku klux klan and this was a smear. you voted against him, he never got out of a committee. are you comfortable with attorney general jeff sessions? i was talking to jeff on the