Vice President Joe Biden Was Here

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It was a closely guarded secret but the word still got out and when Vice President Joe Biden stepped off Air Force One at Pago Pago International Airport this afternoon, there was a small crowd of members of the public looking on from the terminal building.

The Vice President was greeted on the tarmac by Governor Lolo Moliga and First Lady Cynthia Moliga.VP Biden in Pago Pago

A police honor guard stood at attention and traditional leaders and a few members of the cabinet waited in the VIP lounge.

After about 20 minutes where the Vice President was presented a sua and gifts, he stepped out of the VIP lounge wearing an undyed ula laufala and ula mosooi, accompanied by the Governor Lolo and chairman of the American Samoa Democratic Party Fagafaga Daniel Langkilde. to shake hands with the ordinary folks outside.

Our John Raynar who was broadcasting live on V103 , all of the vice president’s movements, got up close and personal with Mr. Biden.

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John Raynar talking with US Vice President Joe Biden at Pago Pago international Airport and this was live on V103 Radio.

image4The vice president was on the ground for about an hour and a half before he and his entourage boarded Air Force one headed to Australia , then to New Zealand as part of a Pacific Rim tour to reiterate ties between the US and its ANZAC partners.

In Australia the Vice President who lost a son to cancer is also visiting a cancer research center.

While in Hawaii he visited the Pacific Rim exercises involving US and Australia New Zealand troops and he also met with Japanese and Korean leaders where the Chinese presence in the South China sea was discussed.

At least six Secret Service agents arrived earlier in the week to check out the airport and do background checks of all those who would be close to the Vice President during his refueling stop.

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