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James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:08 P.M. EST MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Good afternoon, everyone. Q    Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  I hope everyone had a restful and lovely Thanksgiving holiday.  It’s good to see everybody.  A couple of things at the top before I turn it over.  The President and the First Lady were horrified to…

1:11 P.M. EDT Q    Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Good afternoon, everyone.  This morning, the President and the Vice President, who joined from Air Force Two while en route to Las Vegas, met with senior administration officials, including Attorney General Merrick Garland, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, White House…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room (January 17, 2024) 2:33 P.M. EST      MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Good afternoon, everyone.      Q    Good afternoon.       MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  So, today, the Biden-Harris administ- –(the briefing room sound system experiences technical difficulties) — the levels.  Is there a — should I start?  Sou- — is — do I sound,…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room  1:47 P.M. EST MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Chatty Friday.  We were just saying everybody is chatty out here. Oh my gosh, the first row.  Q    Yes! MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Let’s give it up — (applause) — Q    Almost the second — MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  — give it up to the ladies.  (Applause.) Q    And no…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:11 P.M. EST MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everyone. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Today, President Biden met with the families of Americans who were taken hostage by Hamas during the terrorist attacks in Israel on October 7th. The President has been personally engaged on this issue and has held…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:33 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everyone. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I wanted to start with a word about the horrific news out of Lewiston, Maine, last night, where we saw another tragic shooting that has taken at least 18 lives, injured many others, and left countless…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:10 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Good afternoon, everyone. Q    Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  And happy Wednesday, especially to all those who traveled more than 18,000 miles around the world with us over four days.  The President met with more than 20 le- — 20 world leaders, visited two countries. …

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…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:06 P.M. EDT MS. DALTON:  Good afternoon.  It’s great to see all of you here.  And today, I am thrilled to have someone else making their briefing room debut.  (Laughter.)  We have the Director of the National Economic Council, Lael Brainard, here with us at the podium for the first…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:20 P.M. EST MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  All right, everybody.  Good afternoon.  Happy Friday.  A couple of things for you at the top — or, actually, one big thing at the top.  This week, we saw more evidence that our economy is strong and inflation is falling under President Biden.  Inflation…