Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Milwaukee, Wisconsin 10:56 A.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hey, everybody. Q Hello. Q Hello, hello. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Okay. So, as you all know, we’re en rou- — en route to Racine, Wisconsin, to showcase a community that underscores the President’s Invest in America agenda. Today, President Biden will announce a $3.3…
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Readout of President Biden’s Call with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. spoke this afternoon with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel regarding the latest developments in Israel and Gaza. The President and the Prime Minister discussed at length ongoing efforts to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas, including many children and a number of Americans. ###
Remarks by President Biden at Community Engagement to Meet with Israelis Impacted or Involved in the Response to the October 7th Terrorist Attacks | Tel Aviv, Israel
3:57 P.M. IDT THE PRESIDENT: Folks, there is an Irish poet named William Butler Yeats, and he wrote a line — he said: Too long a suffering makes a stone of the heart. Too long a suffering makes a stone of the heart. The thing that I found at just this real quick meeting with all of…
On-the-Record Press Call with OMB Director Shalanda Young and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on the Supplemental Request for Critical National Security Funding Needs
Via Teleconference 9:31 A.M. EDT MS. WAGENSELLER: Hey, everyone. Thanks for joining us for an on-the-record call to discuss critical national security needs Congress must address for the American people. As a reminder, this call is on the record and embargoed until 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time today. We’re joined today by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:42 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hey, good afternoon, everyone. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Oh, okay. Okay, I just have one thing at the top and then we can get going. Do I sound okay? Q Yeah. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Yeah? Q Yeah. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: All right, not a weird…
On-the-Record Press Gaggle by White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby
Via Teleconference 2:02 P.M. EDT MODERATOR: Hey, everyone. Thanks for joining us. Kirby has a few words here at the top, and then we’ll get through as many questions as we can. MR. KIRBY: Hey, everybody. I know you’ve all seen the statement from the President on the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor’s application for arrest…
On-the-Record Press Gaggle by White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby
National Security CouncilVia Teleconference 10:34 A.M. EDT MODERATOR: Hey. Good morning, everyone. Thanks so much for joining today’s News of the Day Gaggle with White House National Security Comms Advisor John Kirby. I’ll turn it over to him for a topper, and then we’ll take some of your questions. MR. KIRBY: Good morning, everybody. So,…
Statement from NSC Spokesperson Adrienne Watson on Reported Strikes at UNRWA Facility in Southern Gaza
We are gravely concerned by reports today of strikes hitting a UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) facility — with subsequent reports of fires in the building—in a neighborhood in southern Gaza where more than 30,000 displaced Palestinians had reportedly been sheltering. While we don’t yet have all the details on what happened and will…
Readout of National Security Advisor to the Vice President Phil Gordon’s Meeting with Families of Hostages Held in Gaza
As part of his travel to Israel and the West Bank, National Security Advisor to the Vice President Dr. Phil Gordon met in Israel on December 6 with families of Israeli hostages currently held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza. Dr. Gordon heard about the agonizing ordeal of the hostages and their families, and expressed the…
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Warrant Applications by the International Criminal Court
The ICC prosecutor’s application for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders is outrageous. And let me be clear: whatever this prosecutor might imply, there is no equivalence — none — between Israel and Hamas. We will always stand with Israel against threats to its security. ###