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PBS NewsHour | President Biden U.S. Air Force Academy Commencement Address

 President Biden U.S. Air Force Academy Address
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Fri Jun 2 at 7PM on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | President Joe Biden on Thursday thanked U.S. Air Force Academy graduates for choosing “service over self” but said they now have the “great privilege” of leading in a world that will only get more confusing in the years to come.

“Graduates, you made a noble choice to lead a life of service,” Biden told more than 900 cadets in remarks on the sun-splashed field at Falcon Stadium in Colorado. “Now you also shoulder a great privilege and a mighty responsibility. Leadership, yeah leadership.”

Watch the full address below.

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