Biden says submarine he commissioned will enhance US security

Biden says submarine he commissioned will enhance US security
President Joe Biden returns a salute as he stands with first lady Jill Biden (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

President Joe Biden has commissioned the USS Delaware, a nuclear attack submarine, saying it would enhance national security – though he made no reference to the global turmoil from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

ā€œAs the commander in chief, I believe it is our sacred obligation as a nation to prepare and equip those troops that we send into harm’s way and to care for them and their families when they return home,ā€ he told a crowd of invited guests and dignitaries assembled on a sunny but chilly spring day on a restricted part of the dock in Wilmington.

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