Year: 2024

Today, the leaders of the United States, Canada, and Finland announced their intent to create the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort, or ICE Pact, which is a trilateral arrangement to collaborate on the production of polar icebreakers and other capabilities, alongside United States’ allies and partners, labor, and industry. This collaboration is intended to strengthen the shipbuilding […]

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On the margins of the NATO Summit, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. briefly met today with President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon of New Zealand, and Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles of Australia.  The leaders discussed the increasing connectivity […]

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President Joseph R. Biden of the United States of America (U.S.) and President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea (ROK) met on July 11, 2024 to reaffirm the advancements in U.S.-ROK security cooperation on extended deterrence since their announcement of the U.S.-ROK Washington Declaration in April 2023. The progress made since the establishment […]

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Today, the Biden-Harris Administration took new actions to halt the spread of Tren de Aragua, a transnational criminal organization from Venezuela that is involved in violent criminal acts, and hold their members and associates to account.  First, the Department of the Treasury designated Tren de Aragua as a significant transnational criminal organization .  As a result, all property and interests in property of Tren de Aragua that are in the United States or in the […]

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East Room 4:40 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Please be seated.  Thank you. It’s a long time in coming.  One year into the civil war to abolish slavery, a fighting raged across the states.  The fate of the nation hung in the balance.  President Abraham Lincoln created an award to honor ordinary Americans who showed extraordinary […]

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Via Teleconference 6:17 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Happy Independence Day!  (Applause.)  At least the rain helped the humidity a little bit. Jill and I, Secretary Austin, Mrs. Austin, we’re honored so many of your families are here on this special day.  I re- — really mean it.  You represent only 1 percent — not quite […]

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