text by Bill Barrow and Aamer Madhani, AP
US President-elect Joe Biden has made a sober entrance to the nation's capital after delivering an emotional sp
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US President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden are joined by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff during a Covid-19 memorial event at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington. During his brief remarks, Biden faced the larger-than life statue of Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War president who served as more than 600,000 Americans died. As he turned to walk away at the conclusion of the vigil, he faced the black granite wall listing the 58,000-plus Americans who perished in Vietnam.
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Nurse Lori Marie Key sings Amazing Grace during a Covid-19 memorial in Washington.
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By: Bill Barrow and Aamer Madhani
US President-elect Joe Biden has made a sober entrance to the nation s capital after delivering an emotional speech in his home state that paid tribute to his late son Beau.
Biden cried as he told a crowd of supporters in Wilmington, Delaware: Excuse the emotion . but when I die, Delaware will be written in my heart. And the hearts of all the Bidens .