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Opening summit, Biden says democracy 'essential ingredient' for Americas

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US President Joe Biden urges leaders of the Americas to prove the dividends of democracy as he opens a summit bringing most of the hemisphere's leaders to Los Angeles. "When democracy is under assault around the world, let us unite again and renew our conviction that democracy is not only the defining feature of American histories but the essential ingredient to the Americas' future," Biden says. SOUNDBITE

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