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State Dining Room, The White House Welcome everyone! It’s a pleasure to be with you. When we come together around a table, to break bread and share stories—when we sit shoulder to shoulder, and speak heart to heart—we find the invisible threads that tie us to one another. We see the possibilities those connections bring.  It’s a lesson I learned from my mom: that with a handful of fresh flowers and a set of candles, an ordinary dinner could become a magical moment—the laughter and joy and kind words staying with us long after the dishes were cleared away. And I try…

Today, the fourth meeting of the Steering Committee of the Multi-agency Donor Coordination Platform for Ukraine was co-chaired by Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics Mike Pyle, Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov, and European Commission Director-General for Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations Gert Jan Koopman, with participation by Minister of Finance of Ukraine Sergii Marchenko. The Platform is the primary vehicle for Ukraine to convene with its key partners on recovery and reconstruction planning and assistance. This was the first in-person meeting of the group, taking place on the margins of the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) in London. After opening remarks from Prime Minister…

One Market RestaurantSan Francisco, California 6:55 P.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT:  Well, thank you very much. Look, I got my instructions: I’m going to be very brief with my comments, and then I’m going to go answer any questions you want for as long as you want me to answer.  Okay?  First of all, you know, I want to thank you for your collective passion.  This is something that’s not just for an issue — I mean, you know, a campaign.  It goes well beyond that. We all know the only really existential threat to humanity is 1.5 degrees Celsius.  I really mean it.  And…