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East Room  5:30 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Archbishop, thank you very much for those kind words.  And I should begin by explaining why this may be the first Greek American event that my wife, Jill, has not been with me. But she is down in Tennessee with the families of — of those who were killed in the God-awful attack.  And she apologized for not being able to be with you. But let me just say that my sister, Val, is visiting with me, so I have the better part of the family.  I used to be three years older than…

Via Teleconference 4:35 P.M. EDT MODERATOR:  Great.  Thank you so much.  Thanks, everyone for joining.  I’ll let our speakers go ahead and get started. But for your awareness, this call is on background, attributable to “senior administration officials,” and it is embargoed until the end of call. For your awareness, not for attribution, the speakers on the call today are [senior administration official], [senior administration official], [senior administration official], and [senior administration official]. With that, I’ll turn it over to [senior administration official] to get us started. SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL:  Great.  Thanks, [Moderator].  And thanks to everybody that’s on the line right now for your…

President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda is Unleashing a Manufacturing and Clean Energy Boom and Accelerating the Production of Affordable Electric Vehicles As part of President Biden’s goal of having 50 percent of all new vehicle sales be electric by 2030, the White House is announcing the first set of public and private commitments to support America’s historic transition to electric vehicles (EV) under the EV Acceleration Challenge. These commitments are part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to spur domestic manufacturing, strengthen supply chains, boost U.S. competitiveness and create good-paying jobs. Because of President Biden’s leadership and historic investments,…

The MixAccra, Ghana THE VICE PRESIDENT:   Well, greetings, everyone.  It is my immense pleasure to be with these extraordinary leaders and to engage in the conversation that we will have this afternoon. This is an esteemed group of entrepreneurs who happen to be women and happen to be doing extraordinary work that really is a model for the potential of all people, but in particular for our girls and women. And so, I’m very honored to be with each of you today.  And I thank you for all that you do and for taking this time. This group of leaders, their — their…

South Court AuditoriumEisenhower Executive Office Building 11:42 A.M. EDT PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Hello, everyone.  Let me start by apologizing for the slight cold I have.  That’s the only thing that’s happening to me these days. Let me start by thanking everyone for participating in the second Summit of Democracies — for Democracy, I should say. But more importantly, thank you for the work you’ve put in over the last 15 months to deliver on commitments you made to each other and to our peoples for the first Summit of — from the first Summit of Democracy. Look, you know, that’s the power of these…

On April 3, 2014, by Executive Order 13664, the President declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the situation in and in relation to South Sudan, which has been marked by activities that threaten the peace, security, or stability of South Sudan and the surrounding region, including widespread violence and atrocities, human rights abuses, recruitment and use of child soldiers, attacks on peacekeepers, and obstruction of humanitarian operations. The situation in…

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:      Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date.  In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13664 of April 3, 2014, with respect to South Sudan is to continue in effect…

WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Herro Mustafa Garg to serve as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Arab Republic of Egypt. Herro Mustafa Garg, Nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Arab Republic of the Egypt Herro Mustafa Garg, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor, served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria from October 2019 to March 2023. Previously, she was the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal and Political Minister Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in New…

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:      Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date.  In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13694 of April 1, 2015, with respect to significant malicious cyber-enabled activities,…