Headline : Biden explained why he step aside in a rare Oval Office address to the nation

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President Biden spoke about how he plans to "finish the job for the American people," now that he won't have a second term to do that in. He ended his reelection bid Sunday and endorsed Kamala Harris.

Here in Washington, D.C, President Biden did not want to end his bid for reelection, but he said the stakes were just too high to risk it.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: I believe my record as President, my leadership in the world, my vision for America's future, all merited a second term, but nothing - nothing - can come in the way of saving our democracy. That includes personal ambition, so I've decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation.

The President spoke of his decision to step aside, and also asserted that he still has work to do in his final six months behind the Oval Office desk, from which he addressed the nation.

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