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President Biden addressed military members at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia on Friday, honoring the sacrifices of combat veterans and looking toward the planned withdrawal from Afghanistan later this year.CreditCredit.Kenny Holston for The New York Times
May 28, 2021, 4:32 p.m. ET
President Biden delivered an emotional speech on Friday honoring the sacrifice of combat veterans ahead of the planned withdrawal later this year from Afghanistan and recalled his many trips to a battle-scarred country he called “God-forsaken.”
The president, addressing service members in a hangar at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia, set out to honor the troops ahead of the Memorial Day weekend. He singled out the contributions of soldiers who served repeated tours overseas, and their families, whom he described as the “backbone” of the military.
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President Joe Biden joined Gov. Ralph Northam in Alexandria on Friday to tout progress in vaccinations and the lifting of most of Virginia s remaining COVID-19 restrictions at the beginning of Memorial Day weekend.
At midnight Virginia removed its remaining gathering and capacity limits, marking the first time since March 2020 that there are no such restrictions in the state s restaurants, businesses, offices or other venues.
Biden said Virginia has gone from 43,000 cases the week before he took office to 2,800 in the past week. He noted that about 55% of Virginians 18 and older are fully vaccinated.
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President Joe Biden will return home to Delaware on Friday afternoon for Memorial Day weekend, according to the president s Friday schedule released Thursday evening by the White House.
It s unclear how long the president and first lady plan to stay, but White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said last week that the Bidens planned to be home for the weekend. The official schedule for the weekend has not been released yet, but a temporary flight restriction is in place for the area from Friday evening until Monday morning.