Biden says he's leaving Trump 'strong hand to play,' defends his record on Afghanistan

Biden did not specifically address or name the inbound president, but he referenced the prior, and incoming, Trump administration and touted that he is leaving a "strong hand to play."

"[I am] the first president in decades who's not leaving a war in Afghanistan to his successor," Biden said.

The president pointed to the 2011 assassination of 9/11 mastermind, Osama bin Laden, during the Obama administration and said he assessed that large numbers of American forces were no longer needed when he took up office.  

"So when I took office, I had a choice - only I saw no reason to keep thousands of servicemen in Afghanistan," he added. "In my view, it was time to end the war and bring our troops home, and we did."

This is a developing story.