Ukraine girls really knock Biden out

Ladies in gentleman, we have Biden’s first Ukraine gaffe. From his meeting with Viktor Yushchenko: During a quick visit by a handful of reporters, Biden also could be overheard expounding on the virtues of Ukrainian women. “I cannot believe that a Frenchman visiting Kiev went back home and told his colleagues he discovered something and ...

By , a former associate editor at Foreign Policy.
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US Vice President Joe Biden waves to a crowd ahead of a meeting with President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenkoin Kiev on July 21, 2009. Biden meets Ukrainian leaders Tuesday as the United States seeks a new balance between supporting pro-Western aims of former Soviet republics and putting ties with Russia back on track. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images)

Ladies in gentleman, we have Biden's first Ukraine gaffe. From his meeting with Viktor Yushchenko:

Ladies in gentleman, we have Biden’s first Ukraine gaffe. From his meeting with Viktor Yushchenko:

During a quick visit by a handful of reporters, Biden also could be overheard expounding on the virtues of Ukrainian women.

“I cannot believe that a Frenchman visiting Kiev went back home and told his colleagues he discovered something and didn’t say he discovered the most beautiful women in the world; that’s my observation,” Biden said. Although it was unclear who the Frenchman the vice president was referring to, one Russian journalist speculated Alexander Dumas, who was well known for traveling extensively in the region. “It’s certain you have so many beautiful women.”

All in all, this could have been a lot worse. I’ll bet his meeting with Yulia Tymoshenko was fun, though.

Joshua Keating is a former associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating

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