Biden asks Americans to honor Sept. 11 dead by rejecting extremism

A New York City Fire Department firefighter stands at the Firefighter memorial, on the day of the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, in New York City, U.S., September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - President Joe Biden urged Americans on Monday not to succumb to the "poisonous politics of difference and division" as he sought to revive the spirit of national unity after the deadly Sept. 11, 2001, attacks 22 years ago.

"It shouldn't take a national tragedy to remind us of the power of national unity, but that's how we truly honor those we lost on 9/11," Biden told about 1,000 U.S. military personnel at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska.