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Joe Biden: “When I was president, I said the most urgent question facing…”

Featuring: Joe Biden, Democrat | Former President of the United States | National

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Former President Biden Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at Kennedy Institute

Published | Video Starts at 22:08

Kennedy Institute is so important, teaching young people how to fight for, strengthen, and cherish the institutions that make our democracy literally a beacon for the world. When I was president, I said the most urgent question facing the country was whether democracy is still America's sacred cause. Sacred cause. I believe the answer is yes. I'll never believe the answer could ever be anything other than that. (22:08–22:18)

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Asserts that the most urgent question during his presidency was about democracy being America's sacred cause.

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