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Remarks by President Biden on the Supreme Court’s Decision on Affirmative Action
29 Jun

Remarks by President Biden on the Supreme Court’s Decision on Affirmative Action

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Roosevelt Room 12:48 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, folks. Sorry to keep you waiting a few minutes. Forty-five years — for forty-five years, the United States Supreme Court has recognized a college’s freedom to decide how — how to build diverse student bodies and to meet their responsibility of opening doors of opportunity for every single American. In case after case, including recently, just as a few years ago in 2016, the Court has affirmed and reaffirmed this view: that colleges could use race not as a determinative factor for admission, but as one of the factors among many…
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Remarks by President Biden on the Supreme Court’s Decision on Affirmative Action
29 Jun

FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Actions to Promote Educational Opportunity and Diversity in Colleges and Universities

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Today, the Supreme Court upended decades of precedent that enabled America’s colleges and universities to build vibrant diverse environments where students are prepared to lead and learn from one another. Although the Court’s decision threatens to move the country backwards, the Biden-Harris Administration will fight to preserve the hard-earned progress we have made to advance racial equity and civil rights and expand educational opportunity for all Americans. As our nation’s colleges and universities consider their admissions processes in the wake of the Court’s decision, President Biden is calling on them to seize the opportunity to expand access to educational opportunity…
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Remarks by President Biden on the Supreme Court’s Decision on Affirmative Action
29 Jun

Statement from President Joe Biden on the Passing of Lowell Weicker

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Lowell Weicker and I served together in the U.S. Senate for nearly two decades. He was blunt, brave, committed to his convictions, and fiercely independent. And I was proud to call him a friend. Throughout his career – from his days as a young Republican senator on the frontlines of the Watergate hearings, to his years as an independent governor who ignored politics to do what he believed was right – Lowell had the courage to take tough stands, speak the truth, and stand up for the better angels of our nation. He built an extraordinary record of service to…
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Remarks by President Biden on the Supreme Court’s Decision on Affirmative Action
29 Jun

Readout of National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s Meeting with Boris Pistorius, Federal Minister of Defense of Germany

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National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met yesterday with German Federal Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius to discuss a range of global security issues. They reaffirmed their countries’ commitment to supporting Ukraine for as long as it takes, including through the continued provision of security assistance.  They reviewed preparations for the upcoming NATO Summit in Vilnius.  They also discussed efforts to expand partnerships in the Indo-Pacific, noting the importance of bolstering global resilience and countering the challenges posed by the People’s Republic of China. ### Official news published at https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/29/readout-of-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivans-meeting-with-boris-pistorius-federal-minister-of-defense-of-germany/
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Remarks by President Biden on the Supreme Court’s Decision on Affirmative Action
29 Jun

FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Takes Action to Address Veteran Homelessness

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President Biden has made clear that every veteran deserves a roof over their head, and since Day One, his Administration has made lowering housing costs and addressing homelessness — particularly among veterans — a top priority. Today, the Biden-Harris administration is announcing new actions to prevent and reduce homelessness among veterans through actions that include launching supportive services to quickly rehouse veterans experiencing homelessness; providing new legal services for veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness; and funding programs to help veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness find jobs and connect to work. The Administration will also invest an…
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Day 488: Putin’s Decay Prime-Time
29 Jun

Day 488: Putin’s Decay Prime-Time

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There is a lot of pro-Putin bias in the Western world. We aim to dispel this “macho” propaganda and reveal true colors of his regime: murder, intimidation, industrialized kleptocracy and well-funded russian fascism propaganda machines. We were born in Russia, we have lost friends to this murderer… we see how he “zombifies” most and intimidates and beats down the rest. We also know where his weak spots are and what atrocities his regime is committing on a daily basis. Message from the source channel owner. Day 488: war diaries w/Former Advisor to Ukraine President, Intel Officer @arestovych & #FeyginDaily War…
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Remarks by President Biden on the Supreme Court’s Decision on Affirmative Action
28 Jun

Excerpt from Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by President Biden on Bidenomics in Chicago, Illinois

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Today, the U.S. has had the highest economic growth among the world’s leading economies since the pandemic. We’ve added over 13 million jobs, more jobs in two years than any President has added in a four-year term.​And folks, that’s no accident. That’s Bidenomics in action. Bidenomics is about building the economy from the middle out and bottom up – not the top down by making three fundamental changes. First, making smart investments in America. Second, educating and empowering American workers to grow the middle class. And third, promoting competition to lower costs and help small businesses.  ### Official news published at https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/06/28/excerpt-from-remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-president-biden-on-bidenomics-in-chicago-illinois/
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Remarks by President Biden on the Supreme Court’s Decision on Affirmative Action
28 Jun

Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Dalton En Route Chicago, IL

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Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Chicago, Illinois 10:39 A.M. EDT MS.  DALTON:  Good morning, everybody.  How is everyone today?  You all doing well?  Okay. Just a couple of things at the top.  So, in Chicago today, before an audience of business and labor leaders, elected officials and community leaders and workers, the President will make the case for Bidenomics, his plan to grow the economy from the middle out and the bottom up, a fundamental break with trickle-down economics, which fail- — failed the middle class.  President Biden believes that the best way to grow the economy is to grow…
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Remarks by President Biden on the Supreme Court’s Decision on Affirmative Action
28 Jun

Remarks by President Biden on Bidenomics | Chicago, IL

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Old Post OfficeChicago, Illinois 11:58 A.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, hello, hello.  (Applause.)  Thank you all very much.  And, Bob, thank you for that introduction.  Bob has been helping me for a long time.  I guess he doesn’t know any better.  And speaking of help from a long time — a brand-new guy in town, a guy who — I told him that being mayor I think is the toughest job in America.  They know where you live, and every time you walk in the grocery store you get questions.  But congratulations, Mr. Mayor.  I think that you’ve been doing…
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Remarks by President Biden on the Supreme Court’s Decision on Affirmative Action
28 Jun

Remarks by President Biden at a Campaign Reception | Chicago, IL

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JW MarriottChicago, Illinois 1:09 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT:  Whoa.  Thank you, thank you, thank you.  (Applause.)  Please — please have a seat. Am I interrupting your lunch?  (Laughter.)  By the way, I will not be offended if you keep eating. Look, folks, I want to thank Governor Pritzker for that introduction.  But more than that — I’d probably ruin his reputation now, but he did more in 2020 to help me get elected President of the United States than just about anybody in the country, and that’s a fact.  You are part — (applause) — and he’s doing one hell of a job…
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