As the President and I have long made clear: taking away the right of women to make their own reproductive health care decisions endangers women’s health, with potentially life-threatening consequences. When I convened health care providers at the White House in September 2021 in wake of Texas SB 8, we discussed the harm that doctors and...
Day: March 7, 2023
Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Julieta Valls Noyes will travel to Colombia March 5-9. In Bogota, Medellín, and Necoclí, Assistant Secretary Noyes will meet with government officials, international organization and nongovernmental partners, as well as refugees and migrants to discuss efforts to continue addressing high levels of irregular migration and...
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will host President Yoon Suk Yeol and First Lady Kim Keon Hee of the Republic of Korea (ROK) for a State Visit to the United States, which will include a state dinner, on April 26, 2023. This will be the second State Visit of the Biden-Harris Administration. The upcoming visit...
The President’s FY 2024 Budget will lay out President Biden’s plan to invest in America, lower costs for families, protect and strengthen Social Security and Medicare, and reduce the deficit. Millions of Americans have been working their whole lives, paying into Medicare with every working day, and want to know that they can count on...
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and First Lady Jill Biden will honor a group of extraordinary women at the 17th annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award Ceremony on Wednesday, March 8, at 2:00 p.m. The ceremony will take place at the White House for the first time in the award’s history. The annual...
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Jake Sullivan hosted Israeli National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi, Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, and a senior Israeli interagency delegation at the White House on March 6 for a meeting of the U.S.-Israel Strategic Consultative Group. They were joined by senior representatives from their respective foreign...
The United States and Lithuania reconvened high-level bilateral consultations in Washington today to discuss opportunities for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. The United States reaffirmed strong support for Lithuania as a valued NATO Ally and partner in addressing many shared global challenges and opportunities, including in the Indo-Pacific. Participants discussed their countries’ shared commitment to...
The United States is deeply troubled by the conviction and 27-year sentence of respected Cambodian political leader Kem Sokha. The multi-year process to silence him, based on a politically-motivated charge, is unjust and profoundly diminishes the Kingdom of Cambodia’s standing in the international community. The United States has consistently called on the Cambodian government to...