It’s Tuesday…
President Biden’s public schedule for 05/28/2024:
| 10:00 AM | The President receives the President’s Daily Brief |
| 10:00 AM | In-Town Pool Call Time |
| 1:30 PM Press Briefing | Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre |
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre @1:30 p.m. D.C., time:
Memorial Day Tweets
From Monday…
Join me as I honor our fallen heroes at the 156th National Memorial Day Observance. https://t.co/fkHaJrvLkC
— President Biden (@POTUS) May 27, 2024
Remarks by President Biden at the 156th National Memorial Day Observance | Arlington, VA; the YouTube is 38 minutes and 23 seconds long. The first 6 minutes of the YouTube shows the Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. There is a brief pause before the video picks up at the remarks.
Today, we join our grief with gratitude.
— President Biden (@POTUS) May 27, 2024
Gratitude to our fallen heroes, to their families, and to the brave souls who continue to uphold the flame of liberty around the world.
It is because of them, all of them, that we stand here today.
We will never forget that. pic.twitter.com/e2jip6qnWV
We will never ever stop working toward the more perfect union for which they lived and for which they died.
— President Biden (@POTUS) May 27, 2024
That is our promise today.
And that is our promise always. pic.twitter.com/GUltHMdL9g
Today, we join that grief with gratitude: gratitude to our fallen heroes, gratitude to the families left behind, and gratitude to the brave souls who continue to uphold the flame of liberty all across our country and around the world.
Because of them, all of them, that we stand here today. We will never forget that. We will never, ever, ever stop working for — to make a more perfect Union, which they lived and which they died for.
That was their promise. That’s our promise — our promise today to them. That’s our promise always.
Remarks by President Biden at the 156th National Memorial Day Observance | Arlington, VA. 05/27/2024.
Today, we are not just the fortunate heirs to our fallen heroes' legacy.
— President Biden (@POTUS) May 27, 2024
We have the responsibility to be the keepers of their mission.
The truest memorial to their lives are the actions we take every day to ensure that our democracy and the very idea of America endures. pic.twitter.com/J6nkY5wfzK
Today, we’re not just fortunate heirs of their legacy. We have a responsibility to be the keepers of their mission. That — that truest memorial of their lives: the actions we take every day to ensure that our democracy endures, the very idea of America endures.
Remarks by President Biden at the 156th National Memorial Day Observance | Arlington, VA. 05/27/2024.
From Tuesday…
This Memorial Day, we remembered the mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, brothers, sisters, spouses, and neighbors who gave their lives for this nation. pic.twitter.com/6NxJqANzEX
— President Biden (@POTUS) May 28, 2024
The video clip is 1 minute and 26 seconds long.
My fellow Americans, Jill, Vice President Harris, the Second Gentleman Emhoff, Secretary Austin, General Brown; most importantly, the veterans and service members, families, and survivors — we gather at this sacred place at this solemn moment to remember, to honor — honor the sacrifice of the hundreds of thousands of women and men who’ve given their lives for this nation.
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Today, we bear witness to the price they paid. Every white stone across these hills, in every military cemetery and churchyard across America: a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, a sister, a spouse, a neighbor — an American.
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To everyone who has lost and loved someone in the service of our country, to everyone with a loved one still missing or unaccounted for, I know how hard it can be. It can reopen that black hole in the middle of your chest, bringing you back to the exact moment you got that phone call, heard that knock on the door, or held the hand when the last breath was taken. I know it hurts. The hurt is still real, still raw.
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Today, we’re not just fortunate heirs of their legacy. We have a responsibility to be the keepers of their mission. That — that truest memorial of their lives: the actions we take every day to ensure that our democracy endures, the very idea of America endures.
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Because of them, all of them, that we stand here today. We will never forget that. We will never, ever, ever stop working for — to make a more perfect Union, which they lived and which they died for.
That was their promise. That’s our promise — our promise today to them. That’s our promise always.
Remarks by President Biden at the 156th National Memorial Day Observance | Arlington, VA. 05/27/2024.
Severe Weather Tweet
From Monday…
Jill and I are praying for those who tragically lost their lives as a result of devastating tornadoes that tore through Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.
— President Biden (@POTUS) May 27, 2024
We are immensely grateful to our first responders and emergency personnel who have been working around the clock to save lives.…
Show more =’s Our team is directly in touch with state and local officials. @FEMA has been on the ground conducting damage assessments and we stand ready to provide support as needed. With more severe weather expected across the region, we urge residents to remain vigilant and heed the warnings of local officials.
ABC News reported that as of yesterday; Severe storms over the weekend led to the deaths of at least 20 people across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas, according to The Associated Press and Arkansas state officials. At least 25 tornadoes were reported across five states, according to officials.
“New” from the White House…
05/28/2024:
- Statement from White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on the Visit of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo of Belgium; the meeting takes place on 05/31/2024
- Memorandum on Delegation of Authority Under Section 506(a)(1) and Section 614(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 621 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA), I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State:
- (1) the authority under section 506(a)(1) of the FAA to direct the drawdown of up to $275 million in defense articles and services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training, to provide assistance to Ukraine and to make the determinations required under such section to direct such a drawdown; and
- (2) the authority under section 614(a)(1) of the FAA to determine whether it is important to the security interests of the United States to furnish up to $24 million in assistance to Ukraine without regard to any provision of law within the purview of section 614(a)(1) of the FAA.
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