My fellow Americans.
While the setting tonight is familiar, this gathering is very different – a reminder of the extraordinary times we are in.
Throughout our history, Presidents have come to this chamber to speak to the Congress, to the nation, and to the world.
To declare war. To celebrate peace. To announce new plans and possibilities.
Tonight, I come to talk about crisis and opportunity.
About rebuilding our nation and revitalizing our democracy.
And winning the future for America.
As I stand here tonight just one day shy of the 100th day of my administration.
100 days since I took the oath of office, lifted my hand off our family Bible, and inherited a nation in crisis.
Biden Takes Credit for Ending Afghan War – After Extending It – in Speech to Congress
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President Joe Biden applauded his own administration for supposedly “ending the forever war in Afghanistan” during remarks to Congress on Wednesday, despite the fact that he acted to prolong the war beyond the May 1 deadline set by predecessor Donald Trump.
“American leadership means ending the forever war in Afghanistan,” Biden declared in his first such speech as president. “We have the greatest fighting force in the history of the world. I’m the first President in 40 years who knows what it means to have had a son who served in a warzone.”
Biden warns US Congress: China closing in fast
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Biden warns US Congress: China closing in fast
Reuters / Apr 29, 2021, 08:07 IST
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President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress.
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden took aim at China in his first speech to Congress on Wednesday, pledging to maintain a strong US military presence in the Indo-Pacific and promising to boost technological development and trade. China and other countries are closing in fast. We have to develop and dominate the products and technologies of the future, Biden said.
And in a line that drew some of the strongest applause of the evening, he said, There is simply no reason the blades for wind turbines can t be built in Pittsburgh instead of Beijing.
US News: President Joe Biden declared on Wednesday that America is "on the move again" at the start of a rousing speech to Congress, calling for trillions of d