It’s Wednesday…
President Biden’s public schedule for 12/04/2024:
| 2:45 AM Out-of-Town Pool The President departs Luanda, Angola en route to Lobito, Angola |
| 3:45 AM Out-of-Town Pool The President arrives to Lobito, Angola |
| 4:30 AM Out-of-Town Pool The President tours the Lobito Port Terminal |
| 6:40 AM Out-of-Town Pool The President visits the Carrinho Food Processing Factory |
| 7:10 AM Open Press The President participates in a family photo with African leaders |
| 7:15 AM Open Press The President participates in the Lobito Corridor Trans-Africa Summit |
| 9:20 AM Out-of-Town Pool The President departs Lobito, Angola, en route to Sal, Cabo Verde |
| 3:25 PM Out-of-Town Pool The President arrives to Sal, Cabo Verde for a brief refueling stop |
| 4:55 PM Out-of-Town Pool The President departs Cabo, Verde en route to Joint Base Andrews |
Travel to Angola Tweets
From Tuesday…
Tune in as I deliver remarks to honor the past and future of the Angolan-U.S. relationship. https://t.co/iZElhw9aSw
— President Biden (@POTUS) December 3, 2024
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.
President Lourenço, thank you for the warm welcome.
— President Biden (@POTUS) December 3, 2024
It's great to be in Angola. pic.twitter.com/hmZW2eNVs8
It was a pleasure to meet with President João Lourenço this morning to discuss the growing U.S.-Angolan relationship, and his and my commitment to working together to address global challenges – from defending workers to strengthening democracies. pic.twitter.com/891B6uUJwO
— President Biden (@POTUS) December 3, 2024
From the White House…
12/01/2024:
12/02/2024:
- Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby En Route Luanda, Angola; the YouTube is 46 minutes and 5 seconds long.
- FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Trip to Angola
12/03/2024:
Two countries, one strong bond.
— President Biden (@POTUS) December 3, 2024
I look forward to seeing where the future takes the U.S.-Angola relationship. pic.twitter.com/JPLI3jxGV4
Today, I say to the people of Angola and all the people of Africa, there is nothing beyond our capacity if we do it together.
— President Biden (@POTUS) December 4, 2024
We can and will chart a future of great nations, worthy of the highest aspirations of every Angolan and every American. pic.twitter.com/U2BdCXQjNp
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.
As I often say in Ameri- — to the American people: There’s nothing — nothing beyond our capacity if we work together. And today, I say to the people of Angola and all the people of Africa, there is nothing beyond our capacity if we do it together.
[snip]
About the possibilities and progress that lie just beyond the horizon. Together, we can and will chart a
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.futuche worther[future worthy] of great nations, worthy of the highest aspirations of our people. We just have to remember who we are: We’re Angolans; we’re Americans.
From Wednesday…
The story of Angola and the United States holds a lesson for the world:
— President Biden (@POTUS) December 4, 2024
Two nations with a shared history in the evil of human bondage, on opposite sides of the Cold War — and now, two nations standing shoulder to shoulder, working every day for the benefit of our people.
The story of Angola and the United States holds a lesson for the world: two nations with a shared history in evil of human bondage; two nations on opposite sides of the Cold War, defining struggle in the late part of the 20th century; and now, two nations standing shoulder to shoulder, working together every day for the mutual benefit of our people.
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.
World AIDS Day Tweet
From Wednesday…
I know the fight to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic is hard.
— President Biden (@POTUS) December 4, 2024
But I know it’s one we’ll win. pic.twitter.com/BqqhhkGsba
The video clip is 1 minute and 18 seconds long.
Remarks by President Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, Dr. Daniel Driffin, and Jeanne White-Ginder Commemorating World AIDS Day; the YouTube is 23 minutes and 24 seconds long.
President Biden:
The idea of the quilt was conceived in 1985 by Cleve Jones and Mike Smith, who is here with us today.
[snip]
To honor the memory of all those we lost to HIV/AIDS. It started with one name on one panel nearly four decades ago. And decades later, 50,000 panels and 110,000 names.
Remarks by President Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, Dr. Daniel Driffin, and Jeanne White-Ginder Commemorating World AIDS Day; the YouTube is 23 minutes and 24 seconds long. 12/02/2024.
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden:
And as I look at this beautiful quilt, with its bright colors, the names in big block letters, renderings of lives and loves, I see it as a mom. And I think of the mothers who stitched their pain into a patchworked panel so the world would remember their child not as the victim of a vicious disease but as a son who had played in the high school jazz band, as the child who grew up to proudly serve our nation in uniform, as the daughter whose favorite holiday was Christmas.
[snip]
And Joe and I are proud to have the AIDS Memorial Quilt on the South Lawn of the White House for the first time ever. (Applause.)
Remarks by President Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, Dr. Daniel Driffin, and Jeanne White-Ginder Commemorating World AIDS Day; the YouTube is 23 minutes and 24 seconds long. 12/02/2024.
President Biden:
Folks, you’ve been standing a long time, so let me close with this. (Laughs.) You’re pretty good. (Laughter.) I know the fight to end this terrible epidemic is hard. But I look around today — and I mean this from the bottom of my heart — I look around today at all of you — survivors, families, heroes who have never given up — and I know it’s a fight that we’re going to win for all the lives lost and for all those that are still alive.
Remarks by President Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, Dr. Daniel Driffin, and Jeanne White-Ginder Commemorating World AIDS Day; the YouTube is 23 minutes and 24 seconds long. 12/02/2024.
From the White House…
12/01/2024:
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