Vice President Kamala Harris and Prime Minister Philip Davis of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas will host the U.S-Caribbean Leaders Meeting in Nassau, The Bahamas on June 8, 2023. This meeting will build on the Vice President’s previous meetings with Caribbean leaders in April 2022, at the June 2022 Summit of the Americas in Los…
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Remarks by President Biden at the White House Conservation in Action Summit
Department of the InteriorWashington, D.C. 1:40 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Please, please have a seat. Thank you very, very much. Chairman Williams, thanks for that introduction and for your leadership of Fort Mojave Indian Tribe. You know, it was great to meet you last week in Nevada. And thank you, Secretary Haaland, for hosting this…
Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials Previewing the U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa
Via Teleconference MODERATOR: Good afternoon, everyone. Good evening for those of you in the region. This is [moderator]. This call will be on background for attribution to “senior administration officials.” For awareness, not for reporting, on the line are [senior administration official], [senior administration official], and [senior administration official]. The contents of the call will…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, FEMA Administrator Criswell, Senior Advisor for Clean Energy Innovation Podesta, and Domestic Policy Advisor Tanden
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:02 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everyone. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi. Apologies for the delay. We had — the Administrator was actually briefing the President in the Oval Office, so we wanted to make sure that she was ready to go and the President got the…
Remarks by Vice President Harris at the Inaugural Ceremony of the Ninth Summit of the Americas
Microsoft TheaterLos Angeles, California 5:36 P.M. PDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. (Applause.) Well, I know our future is bright when I look at these young leaders. Governor Gavin Newsom, thank you for that introduction. It is, of course, so good to be back in my home state of California. (Applause.) And to everyone here,…
Joint Statement Following the Summit of the Leaders of the United States and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries
At the invitation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states and the United States met today in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The leaders noted the previous U.S.-GCC Summits held on May 14,…
Fact Sheet: Summit for Democracy: Progress in the Year of Action
During the “Year of Action” following the first Summit for Democracy in December 2021, the United States and over 100 partner governments around the world have taken meaningful steps to build more resilient democracies, combat corruption, and defend human rights. Summit participants have undertaken important pro-democracy reforms at home, contributed to impactful multilateral initiatives, and…
Statement by President Joe Biden on World Food Day
Today, we reaffirm our commitment to ending hunger and malnutrition—creating a world in which no child has to go to bed hungry, no parent has to worry about how to feed their family, and no one has to face food insecurity. The need for action has never been greater. This year, the world is facing…
Remarks by Vice President Harris to Ghanaian Youth at Black Star Gate
Black Star GateAccra, Ghana THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hello! Hello, Ghana! (Applause.) I am incredibly honored to be with you here in Ghana and to the people of this incredible continent, to the people of Ghana, and to all the young leaders with us today — students, entrepreneurs, activists, advocates. It is my extraordinary honor to…
Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials Previewing the 9th Summit of the Americas Economic Deliverables
Via Teleconference MODERATOR: Thank you so much, and good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us today. And for those of you in California already, I hope you have a nice cup of coffee in your hand, appreciate the early wake-up call. Before I turn it over to my colleagues to outline today’s deliverables, I…