harold a. schaitberger, the president of the powerful international association of fire fighters, spoke friday morning with vice president joe biden, who strongly indicated in the phone conversation that he is planning to run for president, a source familiar with the discussion said.









the iaff is one of the most influential labor groups in the u.s. biden is especially close to labor, which could be a key constituency for him if he seeks the white house.









schaitberger declined to comment on the call, saying he does not discuss private conversations. but the source said biden talked about campaign strategy with schaitberger and indicated a final decision on whether he would run for president is imminent.
mulling 2016 run, biden speaks with top labor leader
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