I welcome the announcement that NATO will extend Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s term for an additional year. With his steady leadership, experience, and judgment, Secretary General Stoltenberg has brought our Alliance through the most significant challenges in European security since World War II. Today, our Alliance is stronger, more united and purposeful than it has…
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Remarks by President Biden and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg Before Bilateral Meeting
Oval Office 1:14 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT BIDEN: Well, Mr. Secretary General, it’s great to have you here. It’s good to see you again. And the — I apologize for having to reschedule yesterday. I had a lot of fun yesterday afternoon. We — I had a little toothache problem they took care of. And thank you for…
Remarks by President Biden on Senate Passage of the Bipartisan Supplemental Agreement
State Dining Room 2:13 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. Q Good afternoon. THE PRESIDENT: Before we begin, I’m going to make this statement and let it stand on its own. I’m not going to take any questions, but I’ll be taking questions tomorrow or the next day. But I don’t want anything to get…
Vice President Harris Rejects Isolationism, Authoritarianism, and Recent Attacks on NATO While Making Forceful Case for America’s Continued Global Leadership During Munich Security Conference
“If we only look inward, we cannot defeat threats from outside; isolation is not insulation. In fact, when America has isolated herself, threats have only grown,” said the Vice President during her 16th foreign trip and third time at the Munich Security Conference MUNICH – Today, Vice President Kamala Harris made a forceful case for…
Statement from NSC Spokesperson Adrienne Watson on National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s Travel to Belgium
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan is traveling to Brussels, Belgium on February 7. There, he will meet with NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg and join a North Atlantic Council meeting of his counterparts from our NATO Allies. In these meetings, Mr. Sullivan will discuss a variety of key issues ahead of the 75th Anniversary Summit in…
Remarks by Vice President Harris at the Munich Security Conference | Munich, Germany
Hotel Bayerischer HofMunich, Germany 2:38 P.M. CEST VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS: Good afternoon. Good afternoon. (Applause.) Thank you, thank you. Thank you, Christoph. Thank you. Thank you for your leadership. Before I begin today, we’ve all just received reports that Aleksey Navalny has died in Russia. This is, of course, terrible news, which we are working…
Statement from Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on the Visit of President Duda and Prime Minister Tusk of Poland to the White House
President Biden will welcome President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland for a joint meeting at the White House on March 12. The leaders will reaffirm their unwavering support for Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s brutal war of conquest. The meeting also coincides with the 25th anniversary of Poland’s accession to NATO and…
Remarks by President Biden and President Gitanas Nausėda of Lithuania Before Bilateral Meeting | Vilnius, Lithuania
Presidential PalaceVilnius, Lithuania 10:42 A.M. EEST PRESIDENT NAUSĖDA: (In progress.) And, first of all, I would like to remind you that we are celebrating one and — 100 years of our establishment of our diplomatic relations. Also, our cooperation recently is improving all the time. But I would like also to thank for the non-recognition policy of…
On-the-Record Press Gaggle by NSC Senior Director for Europe Amanda Sloat on the President’s Trip to Europe
Via Teleconference 9:22 A.M. EEST MR. SAVETT: Apologies for the delay, everyone. We can go ahead and get started. This is Sean Savett from the National Security Council. Thank you for joining this briefing this morning. Our speaker today is the National Security Council Senior Director for Europe, Amanda Sloat. As a reminder of the ground rules,…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan | Vilnius, Lithuania
Vilnius Town HallVilnius, Lithuania 8:39 A.M. EEST MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good morning, everyone. I’m just going to be super brief. I just wanted to welcome everyone to Vilnius, Lithuania, for the seventy- — 74th — 75th NATO S- — 74th NATO Summit. Anyway, as you all know, we have the National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan here to…
