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James S. Brady Press Briefing Room  1:17 P.M. EST      MS. PSAKI:  Good afternoon.  Happy Monday to everyone.  A couple of announcements at the top: First, as a part of this administration’s accessibility and inclusion efforts, starting today, we will have an ASL — an American Sign Language — interpreter for our daily press briefings. …

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:06 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi everyone.  Good morning — or good afternoon.  Okay.  A couple of items for all of you at the top. Today, the Biden-Harris administration has launched Child Tax Credit Awareness Day to educate the public and encourage non-filers to sign up for the largest…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:33 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Okay.  A special guest.  A member of our Jobs Cabinet.  Today, I am thrilled to have Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh with us.  As you all know, Secretary Walsh was mayor of the City of Boston for the last seven years.  While mayor, he…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:33 P.M. EDT   MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  So, joining me today is our National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, who will provide an update on Afghanistan and then take some of your questions.  And with that, I’ll turn it over to Jake. MR. SULLIVAN:  Thank you, Jen.  And hello, everybody.  I’m going to start with just an update,…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:02 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  All right.  Well, we — today, we are fortunate to have joining us Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona, who was confirmed just two weeks ago.  A fellow Nutmegger — that means from Connecticut, for any of you who don’t know — he previously…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:31 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI:  Good afternoon.  President Biden is continuing to follow through on his key promise to take swift and bold action that addresses the climate crisis, building on his day-one actions of rejoining the Paris Agreement and strengthening our clean air and water protections and holding…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:42 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Full room.  I hope everyone is cozy.  So, today, we are fortunate to have a very special guest, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, here to join us and give a preview of the President’s trip.  And then, of course, we’ll do a full…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:15 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Happy Tuesday.  So, we have two very special guests with us again today.  As you know, the Biden-Harris administration — I’m just going to let you all settle in here.  Okay.  All right.  Great.  Okay.  So, as you all know, today, the Biden-Harris administration…

12:49 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI:  Well, we have another very special guest today.  Today we are joined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, my former boss, Denis McDonough, who is working tirelessly to build and restore trust in the VA. As you all know, Secretary McDonough served as White House Chief of Staff in the Obama-Biden administration…