President Joe Biden to give first commencement address as commander in chief at Coast Guard Academy Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY
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WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is set to deliver his first commencement address as commander in chief when he speaks Wednesday to graduates of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
It will be a return visit for Biden, who addressed the 2013 graduating class in New London, Connecticut, when he served as vice president.
Presidents and vice presidents deliver commencement speeches to the U.S. military academies on a rotating schedule.
Vice President Kamala Harris is delivering the keynote speech at the U.S. Naval Academy later this month.
Joe Biden Quotes Mao Zedong In Speech Calling For More Women In Workforce There s a saying. Women hold up half the world, Biden remarks, echoing Chinese Communist dictator.
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“There’s a saying…’Women hold up half the world, ” Biden remarked during his Wednesday speech at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut. “It’s an absolutely stupid position not to make sure they represent at least half of what we do.”
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President Biden’s commencement speech comes more than a month after he announced that he would pull all American troops out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11.