On Veterans Day, President Joe Biden Honors Troops As "Spine Of America'
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Joe Biden has come under fire from US veterans of the war in Afghanistan for the chaotic US withdrawal.
President Joe Biden on Thursday saluted the nation's troops as the "very spine of America" at a Veterans Day ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery -- the first since the end of military operations in Afghanistan.
Biden also paid tribute to the late retired four-star general Colin Powell, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and secretary of state who died last month of complications from Covid-19, after a battle with cancer.
"Our veterans represent the best of America," Biden said at the ceremony, which also marked the 100th anniversary of the hallowed Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
"You are the very spine of America, not just the backbone. You're the spine of this country. And all of us -- all of us -- owe you."
