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Biden Travels to France for State Visit and D-Day Commemoration

The president is scheduled to give a speech in France, emphasizing the significance of ‘defending freedom and democracy.’
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Biden Travels to France for State Visit and D-Day Commemoration
President Joe Biden walks out of the White House on May 29, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Emel Akan
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PARIS, France—President Joe Biden will travel to France on June 4 to attend the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy.

The president’s five-day trip to France, including a state visit, comes amid his son’s ongoing criminal trial in Delaware and his efforts to seal a peace deal in the Middle East.

Emel Akan
Emel Akan
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Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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