Biden tells Naval Academy grads Putin ‘NATO-ized Europe’

By ZEKE MILLER
Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (AP) — President Joe Biden has told Naval Academy graduates that they will be “representatives and defenders of our democracy” because free societies are under threat from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to China’s maritime expansion. Biden spoke Friday at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland to the more than 1,000 newly commissioned ensigns and second lieutenants. It’s his first commencement address of the year. Biden is also set to deliver remarks at Saturday’s graduation ceremony at the University of Delaware, his alma mater. On Sunday, Biden will visit Uvalde, Texas to console grieving families after Tuesday’s shooting at an elementary school that killed 19 children and two teachers.