article_snippet: We're great friends of the Bidens.'
article_snippet: The first interview of Vice President Joe Biden tenure as Pentagon chief, it was the first time Carter had spoken out about the incident that had even President Barack Obama mocking even President Barack Obama No. 2.
article_snippet: The NBC interview with Today's Savannah Guthrie Savannah Guthrie followed Carter on a plane back to Carter alma mater, Abington Senior High in Abington, Pennsylvania, and covered a range of serious, and in the case of Vice President Joe Biden, light-hearted issues that have arisen during Vice President Joe Biden first six weeks on the job at Pentagon . '
article_snippet: Carter chuckled as Today's Savannah Guthrie asked Vice President Joe Biden in the Monday interview about Vice President Joe Biden's shoulder groping moment as they walked the halls of Vice President Joe Biden alma mater, where Vice President Joe Biden was to give a speech on the future of the military later that day.
article_snippet: The NBC interview followed Carter on a plane back to Carter Pennsylvania high school, Abington Senior High, and covered a range of serious, and in the case of Vice President Joe Biden, light-hearted issues that have arisen during Vice President Joe Biden first six weeks on the job as defense secretary.
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highlights_snippet: We're great friends of the Bidens'
  The first interview of his tenure as Pentagon chief, it was the first time Carter had spoken out about the incident that made a mockery of the VP .
  