Biden Bits: “Illuminated the National Christmas Tree”…

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President Biden’s public schedule

10:00 AM
In-Town Pool
In-Town Pool Call Time
11:45 AM
The President receives the President’s Daily Brief
2:00 PM
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
6:00 PM

The President attends and delivers remarks at a performance of The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day to honor American veterans and their families on the eve of the 83rd Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor

East Room

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre @2:00 PM D.C., time:

President Biden Delivers Remarks at an Event Honoring American Veterans and their Families @6:00 PM D.C., time:


Hurricane Tweet

From Thursday…

The video clip is 1 minute and 29 seconds long. It’s a conversation between President Biden and people from Highland Brewing; it’s located in Asheville, North Carolina. President Biden was thanking them for using their brewery to house supplies for those in need following Hurricane Helene.

Trip to Angola Tweets

From Thursday…

Remarks by President Biden Honoring the Past and Future of the Angolan-U.S. Relationship | Belas, Angola; the YouTube is 19 minutes and 59 seconds long.

The Lobito Corridor represents the right way to invest in full partnership with a country and its people.

As part of this project, we will install enough clean energy power to power hundreds of thousands of homes, expand high-speed Internet across — for millions of Angolans, which is a cos- — as consequential today as electricity was two generations ago. 

[snip]

The United States understands how we invest in Africa is as important as how much we invest.  In too many places, 10 years after the so-called investment was made, workers are still coming home on a dirt road and without electricity, a village without a school, a city without a hospital, or a country under crushing debt. 

We seek a better way: transparent, high-standard, open-access investments that protect workers and the rule of law and the environment.  It can be done and will be done.  (Applause.)

Remarks by President Biden Honoring the Past and Future of the Angolan-U.S. Relationship | Belas, Angola; the YouTube is 19 minutes and 59 seconds long. 12/03/2024.

But we know African leaders and citizens are seeking more than just aid.  You seek investment.  And so, the United States is expanding our relationship all across Africa — from assistance to aid to investment to trade — moving from patrons to partners to help bridge the infrastructure gap. 

Remarks by President Biden Honoring the Past and Future of the Angolan-U.S. Relationship | Belas, Angola; the YouTube is 19 minutes and 59 seconds long. 12/03/2024.

Two years ago, I pledged to deliver $55 million [billion] in new investments in Africa and to mobilize American businesses to close new deals with African partners. Two years ago, we are out way ahead of schedule.  More than 20 heads of U.S. government agencies and members of my Cabinet have traveled to Africa, delivering over $40 billion in investments thus far. 

Remarks by President Biden Honoring the Past and Future of the Angolan-U.S. Relationship | Belas, Angola; the YouTube is 19 minutes and 59 seconds long. 12/03/2024.

From Friday…

The video clip is 1 minute long.

We’re looking for partners who understand that the right question in the year 2024 is not “What can the United States do for the people of Africa?”  It’s “What can we do together for the people of Africa?”  (Applause.)  That’s what we’re going to do.

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In many ways, Africa’s — Africa’s success is and will be the world’s success.  As I said at the United States — U.S.-Africa Summit: The United States is all in on Africa’s future. 

[snip]

Being all in on Africa means making sure African voices are heard at the tables that matter most.  Under my leadership, the United States brought — we brought in the African Union as a permanent member of the G20 economies, and we insisted on more African representation among the leaders of the International Monetary Fund and other world financial institutions. 

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Here in Angola alone, the United States has invested $3 billion during my short presidency.  We see the bonds between our countries across sectors, from clean energy to health care to sports.  The American Basketball Associat- — National Basketball Association launched Basketball Africa League and Angola is the reigning champion.  (Applause.)

[snip]

It’s called the Lobito Corridor.  We’re building railroad lines from Angola to the Port of Lobito, in Zambia and the DRC, and, ultimately, all the way to the Atlantic — from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean.  It’ll be the first trans-continental railroad in Africa and the biggest American rail investment outside of America.

[snip]

It will not only generate significant employment, it will also allow individual countries to maximize their own domestic resources for the benefit of their people and sell critical minerals that power the world’s energy transformation and our fight against climate change and to transport them in a fraction of the time and lower cost.  A shipment that used to take over 45 days will now take 45 hours.  That’s a game changer.  That increases profit.  That increases opportunity.

[snip]

As part of this project, we will install enough clean energy power to power hundreds of thousands of homes, expand high-speed Internet across — for millions of Angolans, which is a cos- — as consequential today as electricity was two generations ago. 

And we’re investing in agriculture and food security, fulfilling the needs of countries without agricultural capacity and expanding opportunities for countries growing the crops; connecting farmers across the Lobito — along the Lobito Corridor to new markets, expanding opportunity and prosperity — you doing that, having the means to do it. 

[snip]

But I wanted to come to Angola.  Although I’ve been chairman of the Africa America subcommittee for a long time, I had never made it to Angola.  Because although I don’t know exactly what the future will hold, I know the future runs through Angola, through Africa.  I mean it sincerely.  (Applause.)  I’m not kidding.

[snip]

I know that any nation that wants to thrive in the next century must work as partners with workers, entrepreneurs, and businesses here in Africa.  I know that the connection between our communities, our universities, our sports, our civil societies, our families, our people will only grow deeper.  We have to stay focused.

Remarks by President Biden Honoring the Past and Future of the Angolan-U.S. Relationship | Belas, Angola; the YouTube is 19 minutes and 59 seconds long. 12/03/2024.

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Illuminated the National Christmas Tree Tweets

From Thursday…

Remarks by President Biden at the National Christmas Tree Lighting; the YouTube is 4 minutes and 44 seconds long.

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