Biden: Supercommittee on debt faces ‘very difficult’ task

Vice President Biden said Tuesday that he believes the 12-member "supercommittee" charged with tackling the country's debt problem by Thanksgiving faces "very difficult" odds.

The supercommittee has "a shot of getting a deal that would be viewed by Wall Street, be viewed by everyone, be viewed by the international community as a significant alteration of a trajectory of long-term debt," Biden told reporters aboard Air Force Two during an eight-day Asia tour, according to Bloomberg's Kate Andersen Brower.

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Nick Miroff 24 Aug, 2011

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