We Need You Badly, Biden Tells New Coast Guard Officers in Commencement Address
President Joe Biden arrives to speak at the commencement for the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
19 May 2021
A week after a Coast Guard cutter fired 30 warning shots at several Iranian fast-attack craft in the Strait of Hormuz, President Joe Biden said the service is integral to asserting democratic values in a world increasingly threatened by autocracies.
Speaking at the Coast Guard Academy s graduation Wednesday in New London, Connecticut, Biden described the current state of global affairs as a significant inflection point in world history, and told graduates they will play a pivotal national security role, particularly overseas.