President Biden’s public schedule for 06/13/2023:
| 10:00 AM | The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing The White House Closed Press |
| 1:00 PM Meeting | The President holds a meeting with Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, to discuss the upcoming NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania Oval Office In-House Pool Spray (rescheduled from Monday due to an unscheduled root canal). |
| 1:30 PM Press Briefing | Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre James S. Brady Press Briefing Room |
| 5:15 PM Remarks | The President delivers remarks at the Chiefs of Mission East Room Pre-Credentialed Media and Pooled for TV (rescheduled from Monday due to an unscheduled root canal). |
| 7:00 PM Concert | The President hosts a Juneteenth concert on the South Lawn; The Vice President participates; The Second Gentleman attends South Lawn Open Press |
Press Briefing @1:30 p.m. D.C., time.
President Biden’s remarks at the Chiefs of Mission Reception @5:15 p.m. D.C., time:
Military Families Executive Order Tweet and Retweet
From Monday…
The video clip is 1 minute and 17 seconds long.
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden:
[26 second mark]And when we brought these stories back to Joe, he listened. He understands — (the President makes the sign of the cross) — (laughter) — he understands that [6 second mark]we can’t ask our service members to choose between their love of country and their love of family. He knows that the supporting military spouses is a national security imperative.
[snip]
Through Joining Forces — my White House initiative to support military and veteran families, caregivers, and survivors —[13 second mark] I’ve traveled to bases across this country and across the world. And I’ve sat with military families just like yours to learn about their experiences and their challenges.
White House.gov. 06/09/2023.
President Biden:
Today, we’re taking an important step to fill — towards fulfilling that obligation. This new executive order establishes the most comprehensive set of administrative actions in our nation’s history to support the economic security of military families, veterans’ spouses, caregivers, and survivors.
[snip]
Supporting our military and veterans’ families is not just a moral imperative, it’s a national security imperative. And I’m not joking. It is. And that should unite all of us — public and private sectors.
And together, we’re going to keep doing everything we can to make sure if you receive the flexibility, support, and resources that you deserve, things are going to get better. That’s my promise to you.
White House.gov. 06/09/2023.
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden:
So, with all my heart, thank you for your service and your sacrifice.
White House.gov. 06/09/2023.
The Executive Order can be found here.
Economy Tweet
From Tuesday…
In economic news…
Statement from President Joe Biden on May Consumer Price Index (06/13/2023):
Today’s report is good news for hard working families. It shows continued progress tackling inflation at the same time that unemployment remains at historic lows. Annual inflation is now at the lowest level since March 2021, and less than half of what it was last June. After gas and grocery prices increased rapidly last year due to the war in Ukraine, inflation has fallen for 11 months in a row.
White House.gov. 06/13/2023.
While there is more work to do, the plan that I laid out a year ago to bring down the cost of living and sustain stable and steady growth is working. We have taken action to bring down the cost of gas at the pump, prescription drugs, and health insurance premiums. At the same time, the unemployment rate has remained below 4 percent for the longest stretch in more than 50 years, helping to support wage gains over the last year, even after accounting for inflation. More Americans are in the workforce than in decades. And, earlier this month, I brought Democrats and Republicans together around a bipartisan agreement that protects our historic economic progress and reduces the deficits by nearly $1 trillion over the next decade.
We are just getting started. My Investing in America agenda is rebuilding our infrastructure, manufacturing, and supply chains here at home, and creating good-paying jobs. Under my administration, private sector companies have invested over $470 billion in manufacturing, and America is seizing leadership in the industries that will be critical to our economic security for decades, like semiconductors and clean energy. I’ve never been more optimistic that our best days are ahead of us.
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