Biden Gives Fiery Defense Of Obama At Naacp Meeting

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden drew cheers from the nation's biggest civil rights group on Thursday with a fiery defense of President Barack Obama's record, and he warned that the election of Republican Mitt Romney could reverse years of economic and civil rights gains for blacks.

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