State Dining Room 3:55 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT BIDEN: I am honored to have President Moon here at the White House today for the second foreign leader visit, head-of-state visit in my presidency. The United States and the Republic of Korea are allies with a long history of shared sacrifice. And in a personal note, I…
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Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
Via Teleconference 12:33 P.M. EDT MR. ZIENTS: Good afternoon. Thanks for joining us. Our focus today will be the decision by the FDA and CDC to start providing booster shots to Americans 65 years and older and those at high risk of COVID-19. This is a significant start to our boosters program, and a critical…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, May 18, 2022
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:11 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. Sorry we’re starting a little late. We had to finish for the President to complete his remarks, and that was a request that we got from WHCA, so we wanted to make sure we adhered to it. As you all know,…
President Biden Announces 11 Key Nominations
WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following 11 individuals to serve in key roles: Biniam Gebre, Nominee for Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget Andrew Fois, Nominee for Chair of the Administrative Conference of the United States Susan Tsui Grundmann, Nominee for Member of the…
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
Via Teleconference 11:10 A.M. EST MR. ZIENTS: Good morning, and thanks for joining us. Today, Dr. Walensky will provide an update, and Dr. Fauci will present the latest science on Omicron. I’ll start by briefly underscoring the key points the President made yesterday. The coming weeks are going to be challenging. We’re going to see…
Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre En Route Kankakee, Il
11:51 A.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hey, guys. Q Hello. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hello. Hello. Good morning. Okay. Just two things for you at the top. And I’ll try and speak as loud as I can. All right. Good morning. Thanks for joining us for President Biden’s trip to Illinois. As you know, our first stop is to Kankakee, where the…
Remarks by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on the Biden-Harris Administration’s National Security Strategy
(October 12, 2022) Good afternoon. Thank you, Dean Hellman, and thanks to Paul Scharre and the teams at Georgetown and the Center for New America Security for bringing us all together today. And Meghan, thank you for hosting our conversation, though I may want to wait until after the grilling to say thank you. We…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:23 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi, hi, hi. Good afternoon, everybody. Happy Monday. Okay. This morning, another shooting — another school shooting — this time in St. Louis, Missouri — has reportedly left at least three people dead, including the shooting suspect, and injured several others. Our hearts go out…
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
Via Teleconference 4:18 P.M. EDT MR. ZIENTS: Good afternoon. And thanks for joining us. I’ll turn to Dr. Walensky and Dr. Fauci in a moment. First, I want to provide an update on our whole-of-government response to the pandemic. We remain concerned about the continued rise in cases driven by the Delta variant. These cases…
Remarks by President Biden on the May Jobs Report
Rehoboth Beach Convention CenterRehoboth Beach, Delaware 10:48 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everyone. With today’s excellent jobs report and unemployment remaining at a near-historic low of 3.6 percent, I want to speak very briefly today about our economy and what we’re doing to lower the costs for American families. I know that even with…
