President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. spoke today with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The call follows the two leaders’ meeting in Woodside, California in November 2023. The two leaders held a candid and constructive discussion on a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues, including areas of cooperation and areas…
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Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on the Return of American Detainees from Iran
8:08 P.M. EDT MODERATOR: Good evening, everybody. This is [moderator]. Thank you all for joining us on this call on a Sunday evening to talk about Iran. Before we get started, I just want to put a couple of quick ground rules. This call is going to be held under an embargo until the President’s…
Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials and Senior Military Official on Developments in the Middle East
Via Teleconference 8:15 P.M. EST MODERATOR: Hello, everyone. Thanks so much for joining us tonight for the call. As a reminder, this call is on background. Joining us tonight we have [senior administration official], who will be referred to as a senior administration official, as well as [senior military official], who will be referred to as a…
Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials Previewing the President’s Upcoming Bilateral Engagement
6:22 P.M. EST MODERATOR: Hi, everybody. Thanks for joining us this evening. Happy to be hosting this one on a Thursday night, not a Friday night, for the first time in a while. Just a quick reminder of our ground rules here. This call is embargoed until 8:00 a.m. Eastern time tomorrow, November 10th. The…
Readout of Vice President Harris’s Call with President-Elect Arévalo of Guatemala
Readout of Vice President Harris’s Call with President-Elect Arévalo of Guatemala Vice President Kamala Harris spoke today with Bernardo Arévalo de León and congratulated him on his victory in the Guatemalan presidential election. The Vice President underscored the U.S. interest in deepening the partnership between our countries. The Vice President and President-elect Arévalo discussed our shared…
On-the-Record Press Call on the Biden-Harris Administration Initiative to Bolster the Cybersecurity of U.S. Ports
Via Teleconference(February 20, 2024) 5:38 P.M. EST MODERATOR: Good afternoon, everyone. And thank you for joining our background call to preview a series of actions that the Biden-Harris administration will announce tomorrow, Wednesday, February 21st. For awareness, today’s call will now be held fully on the record. That means both the opening statements and Q&A…
Background Press Call on Bilateral Engagements and the Trilateral Fentanyl Committee’s Fourth Meeting in Mexico
Via Teleconference 9:06 A.M. EST MODERATOR: Thank you so much. Good morning, everyone. And thank you so much for joining us on this call this morning to discuss the bilateral engagements and the Trilateral Fentanyl Committee’s fourth meeting in Mexico, which was led by the White House Homeland Security Advisor, Dr. Liz Sherwood-Randall. As a…
Background Press Call on Marijuana Reform
Via Teleconference 2:48 P.M. EDT MR. MUNOZ: All right. Hi, everybody. This is Kevin Munoz. Thank you for joining today’s press call on short notice. As a reminder, this call will be on background, attributable to “senior administration officials,” and it will be embargoed until 3:01 p.m. Eastern. We will also have a few embargoed materials in…
Background Press Call on Actions Against the Ortega-Murillo Regime Repressing People and Preying on Migrants in Nicaragua
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCILVia Teleconference 9:49 A.M. EDT MODERATOR: I am extremely sorry for our delay today. We had a last-minute scheduling conflict. But I thank you all for joining this call on Nicaragua. I will be very brief. Not for reporting purposes — on the call we have [senior administration official]. We also have [senior administration…
Background Press Call Previewing Day One of the G7 Summit
Via Teleconference 7:57 A.M. EDT MODERATOR: All right. I think we’ve got folks here. We’ll go ahead and get started. Apologies for the delay, everyone, and thanks for hopping on the call. As a reminder, this call is on background, attributable to a senior administration official. For your awareness and not for your reporting, here with…
