# @9newsdenver on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2024-06-01T12:00:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** 9NEWS (@9newsdenver) — https://gondola.cc/9newsdenver

## Caption

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke Thursday to a sea of white-capped graduates of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, looking back at U.S. airpower during D-Day and then forward to this generation's edge on technological innovation, such as artificial intelligence.

“Eighty years ago, over the beaches of Normandy, America won control of the skies, and we have kept it ever since,” said Harris to the 974 graduates, the class that arrived in 2020 to pandemic lockdowns, masks, COVID-19 testing, plexiglass partitions and virtual classes.

“Our nation is counting on you to preserve and defend that strength, including, I will add, through your ability to innovate,” said Harris.

Read more at the link in our bio.

📸: Michael Ryno 

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