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…
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Homeland Security Advisor Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, February 18, 2021
Via Teleconference 12:38 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us on this snow day. And we wanted to ensure we held a briefing today to, of course, keep our streak going and ensure we were being as transparent and open as possible to all of you and the questions you…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, February 11, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:43 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Good afternoon. I have quite a few things at the top, but then we will take plenty of questions. I wanted to take a moment, at the top of our briefing today, to note that on this day, 21 years ago,…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, February 4, 2021
11:41 A.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. We have a very special guest today. Since his inauguration, President Biden has put diplomacy at the center of the United States’ foreign policy, grounding our international engagement in American values, rebuilding our alliances, and reengaging with international institutions to help strengthen them. Obviously, part of his visit…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, February 1, 2021
12:32 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Happy Monday. I just have a couple of things for all of you at the top. First, over the weekend, the President’s Homeland Security Advisor, Dr. Liz Sherwood-Randall, convened a coordination call with the Acting FEMA Administrator and the Director of the National Weather Service on the storm system moving…
Press Briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, May 26, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:29 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi, everybody. Okay, good to see everyone. I have a couple of things for you guys at the top. Yesterday, we made history: Kristen Clarke was confirmed with at — with — as the first woman and first woman of color to lead the…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, April 9, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:33 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Happy Friday. Okay, so if it’s another day, we have another member of the Jobs Cabinet. Joining us today is Secretary Buttigieg. He served, as you all know, two terms as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, where he worked across the aisle to transform…