Claim: On foreign policy, Joe Biden was against aid for Vietnam, said the fall of the Shah was "a step forward" for human rights in Iran, opposed Reagan's defense build-up and voted against the first Gulf War.
Fact-check: Checking Robert Gates' criticism of Vice President Joe Biden's foreign policy record
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Steve Contorno
Date published: 2014-01-16T00:00:00