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Biden Says Time To Pass Torch To 'Younger Voices'

US President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House. (Credit: AFP)

US President Joe Biden told Americans Wednesday he quit the 2024 election to unite the country, saying in a historic Oval Office speech that it was time to pass the torch to "younger voices."

"I revere this office. But I love my country more," the 81-year-old said in an elegiac prime-time address to the nation urging his divided country to embrace democracy and shun hatred.

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