President Obama Delivers Moving Eulogy At Funeral Of Beau Biden

President Obama hugs Vice-President Joe Biden after eulogizing Biden's son, Beau

President Barack Obama eulogized Beau Biden Saturday as a good man of character "who loved deeply and was loved in return," hailing the compassion and public service of his family in a moving funeral oration to grief-stricken Vice President Joe Biden's son.

Obama said that the former Delaware Attorney General and Iraq War veteran, who died a week ago from brain cancer at 46, was a fine man who was full of integrity and refused to trade on his family name. He did his duty to his country and "did not have a mean bone in his body," Obama said.

"Beau Biden brought to his work a mighty hearty, he brought to his family a mighty heart," Obama said in his eulogy, during which he appeared on the verge of being overcome several times.

"Beau Biden was an original. He was a good man, a man of character, a man who loved deeply and was loved in return." Obama said.

When he had concluded his eulogy, Obama stepped down from the pulpit of the St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church in Wilmington, Delaware, and folded Biden in his arms, placing a kiss on his vice president's cheek.

(from CNN)