Day: November 7, 2024

1:56 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: All right. Good afternoon, everyone. Q Good afternoon. Q Hi, Karine. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: It feels like there’s an echo. Q Yes, there is. Q There is. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I don’t know if you guys want to hear me twice. I don’t know if they’re fixing it or not. Okay. Let’s get going. Q (Inaudible.) MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I know. It does. Q (Inaudible.) MS. JEAN-PIERRE: (Laughs.) Okay. Today, the Biden-Harris administration is taking a major step to expand contraception coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, Republican elected officials have made…

On November 2, 2022, in Pretoria, South Africa, the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front signed the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (COHA), ending a devastating two-year war.  The United States worked with the African Union, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, and the United Nations to lay the groundwork for peace.  Today, on the second anniversary of the COHA’s signing, we reflect on the war’s tremendous human toll, remember the victims, and honor Ethiopian citizens working to build a more peaceful future. The United States welcomes important progress made on implementation of the COHA.  Most importantly, the guns…