President Biden delivered remarks on the 500,000 lives lost to covid-19 during a Monday candle-lighting ceremony at the White House. (Video: The Post; photo: Jabin Botsford/The Post)
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President Biden disembarks Marine One and walks across the South Lawn of the White House on Friday. (Jabin Botsford/The Post)
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