(Source: Andy Wong – Associated Press)
Joe Biden, greeting a Mongolian wrestler, August 22, 2011.
The Vice President’s stopped in Mongolia Monday as part of his trip around Asia, and was met by a small group of protesters with posters that read: “Yankees keep your hands off Mongolia” and “Hi Joe, No Nuclear Waste, Go Home,” referring to alleged secret negotiations between the U.S., Mongolia, and Japan to build a spent nuclear fuel repository in Mongolia.
NoH is efforting to confirm reports that the Department of Energy encouraged Biden to challenge the Mongolian wrestler to a match for the rights to build the repository.
