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Today, President Biden signed National Security Memorandum (NSM) 19 to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Terrorism and Advance Nuclear and Radioactive Material Security worldwide. This comprehensive new strategy advances several of President Biden’s most enduring national security priorities: protecting our nation and the international community from the existential threats posed by WMD terrorism and...

MODERATOR:  (Via interpreter) We are about to start the press conference.  I’d like to give the floor to the Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, and the minister of foreign affairs of Kazakhstan, Mukhtar Tileuberdi.  You can pose your questions after we give the floor to our speakers.  The floor goes to Mukhtar...

Dear Mr. Chairman:  (Dear Madam Chair:) (Dear Madam Chairwoman:) In accordance with section 1264 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91), as amended, 50 U.S.C. 1549(a), I am transmitting the annual report on the legal and policy frameworks guiding the United States’ use of military force and related national...

President Biden officially announced his intention to nominate Julie Su for Secretary of Labor. Su currently serves as the Deputy Secretary of Labor. In a statement, President Biden said, “Julie is a champion for workers, and she has been a critical partner to Secretary Walsh since the early days of my Administration. Over several decades,...

On September 5, 2023, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., will award the Medal of Honor to Captain Larry L. Taylor, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry.    On June 18, 1968, near the hamlet of Ap Go Cong, Republic of Vietnam, then-First Lieutenant Taylor was serving as a team leader of a helicopter light-fire team deployed […]

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The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Tajikistan Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin in Astana, Kazakhstan on the margins of the C5+1 Ministerial. Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Muhriddin discussed the ways in which both countries can better collaborate on economic opportunities and security cooperation through...

East Room 12:30 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  How are you, fellas?  (Applause.)  Please.  Thank you.  Thank you, thank you, thank you.  You’re very nice.  Thank you.  Thank you, thank you, thank you.  Please.  Please, sit. I don’t know who Ali was talking about — someone being around that long.  (Laughter.)  Twenty years.  Whoa.  You know, when we...

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:32 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Q    Good afternoon.  MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  The President was briefed this morning on the troubling reports that Evan Gershkovich has been detained in Russia.  Last night, senior White House officials spoke directly with Mr. Gershkovich’s employer, the Wall Street Journal.  The State Department has also […]

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Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner HarborBaltimore, Maryland 6:42 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, hello, hello!  (Applause.)  Good to see you all.  And it’s good — it’s good to be almost home.  (Laughter.)  Leader Jeffries, thank you for your partnership and your leadership.  And, Pete, thanks for organizing this retreat and having me here.  You know, she...

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov today in Astana, Kazakhstan, on the margins of the C5+1 Ministerial. Secretary Blinken highlighted the United States’ support for Turkmenistan’s sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity and lauded more than 30 years of United States-Turkmenistan...