i am not a hero, i just did my job. the real heroes are laying here on the cemeteries. these are our heroes and we should never forget them. [applause] distinguished guests, the 46th president of the united states of america, joseph r biden jr. [speaking french] [applause] president biden: the hour had nearly come, monday, june 5th, 1944. the evil, which devastated the world. nazi germany subgi gaited europe through brute force, lies and twisted ideology of racial superiority. millions of jews murdered in the holocaust. millions of others killed by bombs, bullets, bloody warfare. hitler and those with him, thought democracies were weak, that the future belonged to dictators. here the coast of normandy, battle between freedom and tyranny would be joined here on that june morning the testing was at hand. president macron, secretary austin, secretary blinken, distinguished guests, most of all our honored veterans who met the test of ages to that moment 80 years ago. 80 y
standing strong with ukraine. we will not walk away. [applause] president biden: if we do, ukraine will be subjigated and it will not end there. ukraine s neighbors will be threatened, all of europe will be threatened and auto accurates of the world are watching closely to see what happens in ukraine. to see if we let this illegal aggression go unchecked. we cannot let that happen. to surrender to bullies, bow down to dictators and simply unthinkable. [applause] president biden: were we to do that, it means we would be forgetting what happened here on the hallowed beaches. make no mistake, we will not bow down, we will not forget.
regardless of their party afeeluation. but rarely has the trump administration offered such a striking display of em praises auto accurates as friends and painting those at home with whoom he disagrwhom he disagrees as enemieenemies. remember, it was here, here in this city, that another american stood before you. he told you that radical islamic terrorism does not stem from an ideology. he said we needed a new beginning. the results of these misjudgments have been dire. the good news is this. the age of shelf inflicted american shape is over and so are the policies that produce so much needless suffering. pompeo also saying that when
over, and suleiman s role in it is unclear. along with mubarak, he, too, may be getting phased out. suleiman s association with mubarak is simply too close. he comes from the same world. these are auto accurates. they re dictators. they re people who never had any political experience. they ve never number the street. reporter: omar suleiman s roots are in the egyptian military, but he made his reputation as head of the intelligence service which is widely feared among egyptians for infiltration and torture. has he had a hand in atrocities during this crisis and the past? he s the head of intelligence. and for the dirty tricks of the regime, for the unsavory regime, the head of intelligence is doing it all. reporter: but fouad ajami of johns hopkins say there s a flip side to omar suleiman. he d been the main egyptian negotiator trying to work out among hamas and the palestinian