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Biden thanks Quayle for the pool

*By Garance Franke-Ruta*
Maybe it was that heat wave last week.

Vice President Biden, chatty as usual before a foreign leaders luncheon at
his residence Monday, told the news media waiting there for the traveling
dignitaries that he'd never have anything bad to say about Dan Quayle, his
often-mocked predecessor, because Quayle was responsible for the pool at the
vice presidential house.

"Gentlemen, I want to show you the Dan Quayle swimming pool," Biden later
quipped after posing with the leaders.

The lunch at the residence was "the largest gathering of foreign leaders
ever at the United States Naval Observatory," according to the White House,
and was being held in advance of Monday night's opening of the Nuclear
Security Summit, with the goal of discussing the administration's
"commitment to a world without nuclear weapons and address[ing] the goals of
the non-aligned movement."

The pool and its pool house were built with $130,000 in private funds
donated to the nonprofit Vice President's Residence Foundation,according to
the Center for Public
Integrity<http://www.publicintegrity.org/articles/entry/603/>
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Eric D. Schwerin
Rosemont Seneca Partners
(202) 333-1880
eschwerin@rosemontseneca.co