evidence: President Biden, fresh off a four-day trip to Asia, marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on Monday by honoring service members and first responders in Alaska. [...] Instead, several Biden administration officials fanned out across Sept. 11 memorial sites to mark the anniversary. Vice President Kamala Harris attended the ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial in New York City. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas and United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield also attended the New York commemoration, as did Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, and former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani. [...] Biden praised members of the military and first responders deployed in the days after the terrorist attacks and those who continue to serve, calling them the "soul of the nation."