Via TeleconferenceSouth Court Auditorium 11:50 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Madam Secretary. And I say to the press, “Excuse my back.” (The President turns to the video call screen behind him.) Next time in Washington, okay? I see you all up on the board behind me, and I hope we do this in person. I…
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Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan En Route Rome, Italy
2:36 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hey, everyone. Welcome to our travel to our trip to Europe — the President’s first trip to Europe [Italy] as President of the United States. We’re really excited about the stops we’re about to make. We have the National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan to read us in a little bit…
Background Press Call by a Senior Administration Official Previewing the U.S.-EU Summit
Via Teleconference (June 14, 2021) 3:08 P.M. CEST MODERATOR: Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us for this background briefing previewing tomorrow’s U.S.-EU Summit. This call will be on background, attributable to “senior administration officials,” embargoed until 7:00 a.m. Central European Summer Time tomorrow. By joining this call, you are agreeing to…
Press Gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Chris Meagher En Route Detroit, Michigan
Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Detroit, Michigan 1:55 P.M. EST MR. MEAGHER: All right. So, we have a couple things at the top here. First, on COVID, an important update on our progress in vaccinating 5- to 11-year-olds: By the end of today, 2.6 million children are on their way to being protected from COVID-19. That’s approximately…
Remarks By President Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, and Prime Minister Mitsotakis Of Greece at a Reception Honoring Greek American Relations
East Room 5:22 P.M. EDT FIRST LADY BIDEN: Thank you, everyone. Please sit down. And thank you, Your Eminence, for your kind words. Thank you. And welcome, finally, to the Bicentennial Celebration and the very in — first in-person Greek Heritage event of our administration. (Applause.) And it’s — it’s so wonderful to see so many…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, September 8, 2022
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:55 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. Okay. The Queen has been — the — I’m so sorry. Good afternoon, everybody. It’s been a long morning. All right, let’s do this again. The President has been briefed and will be updated throughout the day on the concerning news out of the…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:09 P.M. EST (Reporters laughing.) MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Why are you guys happy? Q Because it’s all ladies in the front row! MS. JEAN-PIERRE: The ladies in the front row! Q And it’s Friday. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Oh, my gosh. So, then I’ll just start in the back, then. (Laughter.) Q …
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby, and National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi
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…
Background Press Call Previewing the German Chancellor’s Visit
5:09 P.M. EST MODERATOR: Thank you, everyone, for joining us today on this background press call previewing the German Chancellor’s visit tomorrow. As a reminder of the ground rules, this briefing will be on background, attributable to a “senior administration official,” and embargoed until 5:00 a.m. Eastern tomorrow, Monday, February 7th. For your own awareness but not for…
Remarks by President Biden and President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea in Joint Press Conference
The People’s HouseSeoul, Republic of Korea (May 21, 2022) 4:18 P.M. KST PRESIDENT YOON: (As interpreted.) Mr. President Biden, it is my honor to welcome you to the Republic of Korea. At this summit, we shared the goal of developing the ROK-U.S. alliance into a global, comprehensive, strategic alliance, and we discussed relevant actions to…