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The Guardian - US
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Oliver Milman in New York and agency

US president warns new army officers to be ‘guardians of American democracy’

Biden speaks at a lectern at West Point.
‘You must keep us free at this time, like none before,’ Biden told the graduates. Photograph: Eduardo Muñoz/Reuters

Joe Biden has called newly graduating US military officers the “guardians of American democracy” at a commencement speech in New York state, where the US president, without mentioning Donald Trump by name, gave strong warnings of unprecedented threats to US freedom.

Biden told the West Point military academy graduating class of 2024 that it is being called upon to tackle threats across the globe as well as preserve America’s ideals at home.

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