Veterans are ‘steel spine of this nation’, says Biden

President Joe Biden speaks at a Veterans Day service (Andrew Harnik)

President Joe Biden has said America’s veterans are “the steel spine of this nation” as he marked Veterans Day during a visit to Arlington National Cemetery.

In remarks at the Memorial Amphitheatre, the commander in chief recounted famous battles fought by US troops and said those deployments of soldiers are “linked in a chain of honour that stretches back to our founding days”.