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Biden: U.S. coming back together, but pandemic is not yet finished
WASHINGTON After nearly six months in office, grappling with a pandemic every step of that way, President Joe Biden was determined to party.
by By Zeke Miller / The Associated Press
Jul. 4 2021 @ 10:57pm
WASHINGTON After nearly six months in office, grappling with a pandemic every step of that way, President Joe Biden was determined to party. Today, all across this nation, we can say with confidence: America is coming back together, Biden declared Sunday as he hosted more than 1,000 guests for a July Fourth celebration on the South Lawn of the White House.
US coming back together but Covid not yet finished: President Joe Biden on Independence Day
The event was the largest yet of President Biden s presidency, the clearest indication yet that the US had moved into a new phase of virus response.
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President Joe Biden speaks during an Independence Day celebration on the South Lawn of the White House. (Photo | AP) By Associated Press
WASHINGTON: Calling a vaccination the most patriotic thing you can do, President Joe Biden on Sunday mixed the nation s birthday party with a celebration of freedom from the worst of the pandemic.
After nearly six months in office, grappling with a pandemic every step of that way, President Joe Biden was determined to party. Today, all across this nation, we can say with confidence: America is coming back together, Biden declared Sunday as he hosted more than 1,000 guests for a July Fourth celebration on the South Lawn of the White House. Biden wanted all Americans to celebrate, too, after enduring 16 months of disruption in the pandemic and more than 605,000 deaths. The White House encouraged gatherings and fireworks displays all around the country to mark, as though ripped from a Hollywood script, the nation s independence from the virus.
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ZEKE MILLER | Associated Press
WASHINGTON – After nearly six months in office, grappling with a pandemic every step of that way, President Joe Biden was determined to party.
“This is a holiday weekend,” Biden declared on Friday as he parried journalists “negative” questions about the ongoing U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, “I m going to be celebrating it.”
Biden wants Americans to celebrate too, after enduring 16 months of disruption in the pandemic and more than 605,000 deaths. The White House encouraged gatherings and fireworks displays all around the country to mark as though ripped from a Hollywood script – the nation s “independence” from the virus.
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