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Biden promises to defend social programmes in Florida speech

US President Joe Biden gives a speech at the University of Tampa in Florida, promising to lower drug prices and strengthen Medicare [Jonathan Ernst/Reuters]

United States President Joe Biden has pitched himself as a defender of retirement and healthcare programmes during a speech in the southern state of Florida, promising to protect Medicare and Social Security against any proposed cuts by Republicans.

Speaking in the city of Tampa, Biden, a Democrat, leaned into statements he had previously made that the rival party could not be trusted to safeguard government benefits.

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