Biden on D-Day anniversary: 'Let us be worthy of their sacrifice'
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🗓️ 7 June 2024
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Friday June 7th, 2024. This is the |
| 0:19.0 | excerpt. Today Biden talks of Ukraine on D-Day. Plus Trump steps up his search for a running mate and we talk |
| 0:29.4 | about micro-feminism. |
| 0:32.6 | President Joe Biden spent the 80th anniversary of D-Day yesterday in Normandy alongside |
| 0:37.5 | World War II veterans. |
| 0:39.1 | There he and First Lady Jill Biden met with veterans ahead of the ceremony from a gazebo overlooking Omaha Beach where many of the |
| 0:45.8 | soldiers came ashore eight decades ago. Biden saluted, took photos with each and handed them |
| 0:51.3 | a coin that he said had been especially minted for the event. |
| 0:55.0 | During the ceremony, French President Emmanuel Macron bestowed the Legion of Honor France's highest |
| 0:59.9 | award of merit to 11 veterans from the U.S US and one from Britain in recognition of their |
| 1:04.8 | sacrifice. In his remarks, Biden drew parallels between the Allied troops who fought to free |
| 1:10.0 | Europe during World War II and the Alliance of Nations that has banded together to |
| 1:14.2 | defend Ukraine in its war with Russia. |
| 1:17.0 | The United States and NATO and a coalition of more than 50 countries standing strong with Ukraine. We will not walk away because if we do |
| 1:29.7 | Ukraine will be subjugated and will not end there. |
| 1:34.6 | Ukraine's neighbors will be threatened. |
| 1:37.4 | All of Europe will be threatened. |
| 1:39.4 | For more on Biden's trip to France and the return there |
| 1:42.0 | for World War II vets. |
| 1:43.5 | Be sure to check out our Thursday episode with White House correspondent Michael Collins. |
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