Readout of Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer’s Call with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic
02 Jun

Readout of Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer’s Call with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic

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Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer spoke with President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia today.  Mr. Finer stressed the United States’ concern about the tense situation in northern Kosovo and called for all parties to take steps aimed at de-escalating the situation.  He urged the Government of Serbia to withdraw its armed forces stationed near the border and to lower their state of readiness, as well as to urge protesters to remain peaceful in northern Kosovo.  Mr. Finer reiterated that the United States expects both sides to re-engage in the EU-facilitated Dialogue and to fully implement the normalization agreement reached…
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Readout of Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer’s Call with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic
02 Jun

President Biden Announces Presidential Delegation to Türkiye to Attend the Inauguration of His Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

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President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to attend the Inauguration of His Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday, June 3, 2023. T.H. Jeffry L. Flake, United States Ambassador to the Republic of Türkiye, will attend the Inauguration in Ankara, Türkiye.  ### Official news published at https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/02/president-biden-announces-presidential-delegation-to-turkiye-to-attend-the-inauguration-of-his-excellency-recep-tayyip-erdogan/
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Readout of Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer’s Call with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic
02 Jun

Excerpts from Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by President Biden on Averting Default and the Bipartisan Budget Agreement

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Essential to all the progress we’ve made in the last few years is keeping the full, faith, and credit of the United States and passing a budget that continues to grow our economy and reflects our values as a nation. And that’s why I’m speaking to you tonight. To report on a crisis averted and what we are doing to protect America’s future. Passing this budget agreement was critical. The stakes could not have been higher. … No one got everything they wanted but the American people got what they needed. We averted an economic crisis and an economic collapse.…
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Readout of Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer’s Call with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic
02 Jun

Remarks by Heather Boushey on How President Biden’s Invest in America Agenda has Laid the Foundation for Decades of Strong, Stable, and Sustained, Equitable Growth

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Peterson Institute for International EconomicsConference on “Rethinking Fiscal Policy” Good afternoon. It is great to be here. Thank you to the conference organizers, Karen Dynan, Paolo Mauro, and David Wilcox, for this this important agenda today and to Adam Posen and his team for all the Peterson Institute for International Economics does to inform policymaking. Today, I will share with you this Administration’s economic framework for thinking about fiscal questions. In doing so, I’ll describe the broader shift in thinking that animates President Biden’s economic strategy. I’ll lay out how the President’s Invest in America agenda has laid the foundation…
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Readout of Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer’s Call with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic
02 Jun

Statement from President Joe Biden Marking National Gun Violence Awareness Day

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In the last year alone, we’ve lost more than 40,000 Americans to gun violence. Countless other survivors of gun violence will carry the trauma for the rest of their lives. In the last two years, I’ve been able to sign the most significant gun safety legislation in decades and have taken dozens of executive actions. But it’s not nearly enough. I will keep fighting to do everything I possibly can, but the reality is that it will take Congressional action to make the kinds of meaningful reforms we need to keep our communities safe. A broad majority of Americans want to see…
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Readout of Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer’s Call with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic
02 Jun

Remarks by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan for the Arms Control Association (ACA) Annual Forum

Politics
National Press Club Thank you, Tom, for that very important set of introductory comments and for the kind words. I also want to thank Daryl for bringing us all together today. And most importantly—I want to thank all of you for giving me the opportunity to just say a few words here this morning. *** 60 years ago next month—in grainy, black and white video—President Kennedy addressed the nation. He was sitting behind the same Resolute desk that President Biden sits behind now nearly every day, and that I sit across from him nearly every day. “My fellow citizens,” he…
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The Good Dog Foundation to Ring NYSE Closing Bell
02 Jun

The Good Dog Foundation to Ring NYSE Closing Bell

Lifestyle
Bell ringing will mark the 25th anniversary of the foundation's work The Good Dog Foundation Logo NEW YORK, June 2, 2023 (Newswire.com) - The Good Dog Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to training and deploying therapy dogs to help adults and children recover from stress, trauma, and disease, today announced that Rachel McPherson, Founder, along with two therapy dogs - Magnus and Atticus - will ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) today, Friday, June 2, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. ET. "At The Good Dog Foundation, we believe in the healing power of the human-animal bond. Therapy…
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Readout of Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer’s Call with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic
02 Jun

Statement from President Joe Biden on May Jobs Report

Politics
Today is a good day for the American economy and American workers.  We learned this morning that the economy created 339,000 jobs last month.  We have now created over 13 million jobs since I took office. That is more jobs in 28 months than any President has created in an entire 4-year term.  We also learned that the unemployment rate has been under 4 percent for 16 months in a row. The last time our nation had such a long stretch of low unemployment was in the 1960s. And the share of working age Americans in the workforce is at its…
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Hard Asset Management Puts a Strong Buy on All Varieties of US Rare Coin Stella Patterns
02 Jun

Hard Asset Management Puts a Strong Buy on All Varieties of $4 US Rare Coin Stella Patterns

Lifestyle
Hard Asset Management Highlights Stellar Growth in Gold Stella Coin Market as Investment Potential Surges SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, June 2, 2023 (Newswire.com) - Hard Asset Management, a leading global firm specializing in the management of hard assets, specifically precious metals and rare coins, is pleased to announce the consistent increase in the U.S. and world rare coin market. Since 2018, Hard Asset Management has put a strong buy recommendation on the gold Stella coin, and the market has responded with substantial growth. Originally minted as a pattern coin in 1879 and 1880, the Stella coin was envisioned as a…
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Veterans Affairs’ VDIF Selected for 2023 FORUM Health IT Innovation Award
02 Jun

Veterans Affairs’ VDIF Selected for 2023 FORUM Health IT Innovation Award

Tech
VA's nationwide health information exchange wins a 2023 FORUM Health IT Innovation Award VDIF Forum Innovation Award NEW YORK, June 2, 2023 (Newswire.com) - The Veterans Data Integration and Federation (VDIF) program is the first unified, federated patient record for Veterans within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), giving medical providers secure access to over 11.5 million Veterans' health records, aggregating and normalizing clinical data across 172 VA medical centers and 1,074 outpatient clinics. Using InterSystems HealthShare, prime contractor VetsEZ, along with partners Ready Computing and J2 Interactive, have implemented an enterprise-wide technology solution that puts Veterans' complete longitudinal health…
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