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Central Connecticut State UniversityNew Britain, Connecticut 1:15 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Hi.  (Laughter.)   Hey, everybody.  MS. MCGILL JOHNSON:  So exciting to have you here, Madam Vice President.  Thank you so much for being here.  I want to thank you, Representative Hayes, Secretary Cardona, CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, and my friend, Governor Lamont, as well…

Treasury DepartmentWashington, D.C. 12:10 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon.  Good afternoon.  Please have a seat.  Good afternoon. And to our incredible Secretary, Janet Yellen, thank you for welcoming us, thank you for hosting us, and thank you for your partnership.  I think you all — many of you here have worked with our Secretary, with…

The Mayflower HotelWashington, D.C. Q    Hello.  You just — THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Hi, Priyanka.  How are you? Q    I’m very well.  You just landed last night, literally, from your, you know, tour in Asia.  I just want to ask, how are you feeling? THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Perky.  Just wonderful.  (Laughs.)  I was at — can you believe it,…

Joint Security AreaPaju-si, Republic of Korea Q    Madam Vice President, should Americans be concerned about these test launches that have been happening?  It’s now a record number this year. THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Well, we — I talked with the President about it.  And it is clearly a provocation, and it is meant, we believe, to destabilize…

Joint Security Area Landing ZonePaju-si, Republic of Korea THE VICE PRESIDENT:  So, the United States shares a very important relationship, which is an alliance with the Republic of North Korea.  And it is an alliance that is strong and enduring.  And today, there were several demonstrations of just that point.  Here you see, at the DMZ,…

Chief of Mission ResidenceSeoul, Republic of Korea THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Well, good afternoon.  It is my privilege to be here with such an impressive group of leaders, who happen to be women, who have achieved great success, broken many barriers, and are role models to so many people of both genders, of any gender. I do…

Office of the PresidentSeoul, Republic of Korea PRESIDENT YOON:  (As interpreted.)  Once again, Madam Vice President, I sincerely welcome you to Korea.  Now, the ROK-U.S. Alliance is advancing beyond the Korean Peninsula to a global alliance, and beyond a military alliance to an economic and technology alliance.  Last week, President Biden and I met several times…

Yokosuka Naval BaseYokosuka, Japan 3:17 P.M. JST THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, Commander.  And thank you for the tour of this beautiful ship.  It is good to be with all of you this afternoon.  It is so good to be with you.  And to all of you, I say, “Thank you.”  Thank you, our forward-deployed…

USS HowardYokosuka Naval BaseYokosuka, Japan THE VICE PRESIDENT: I heard you might have some questions. WHITE HOUSE AIDE:  And we’re going to start with Nancy Cook from Bloomberg. Q    Thank you so much, Madam Vice President.  You talked in your speech about the U.S. strengthening its unofficial ties with Taiwan.  And I just think if you could…

 Chief of Mission ResidenceTokyo, Japan  10:19 A.M. JST THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, Mr. Ambassador.  And thank you for hosting this important conversation.  And it is good to meet with all of you, and I’m looking forward to our conversation. As the Ambassador has said, this meeting emphasizes a very important point, which is the economic…