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Vice President Kamala Harris met with Prime Minister Sanna Marin of Finland and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson of Sweden in Munich, Germany on February 18.  Vice President Harris and Prime Ministers Marin and Kristersson discussed the close bonds and cooperation between the United States and Finland and Sweden.  The Vice President reiterated the U.S. commitment…
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When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, eighty-one years ago today, it ushered in one of the most shameful periods in American history. The wrongful incarceration of 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent tore families apart. Men, women, and children were forced to abandon their homes, their jobs, their communities, their businesses, and their…
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CommerzbankMunich, Germany VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS:  Well, it is my honor and privilege to be with two very important friends of the United States and allies.  And we have had brief discussions, and we’ll now go to a meeting where we’ll have much more extensive conversation about our mutual commitment to the transatlantic Alliance, to Ukraine…
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Bayerischer HofMunich, Germany VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS:  Well, it is good to see you again.  We have talked about so many issues of the moment and the future over the course of our visits.  And to see you again here in Munich and talk about, as a priority, our commitment as a partner to the people…
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CommerzbankMunich, Germany VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS:  Prime Minister, it is good to meet you, and I look forward to our discussion.  As we all know, the relationship between the UK and the United States is a very important one, and you are among our greatest of allies.  And certainly, all of us are here in Munich to…
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Hotel Bayerischer HofMunich, Germany 12:44 P.M. CEST THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  Thank you, Christoph.  Thank you, Christoph.  Thank you.  Well, it is my honor to be back at the Munich Security Conference. As many of us remember, last year, on this stage, I warned of the imminent invasion of Ukraine by Russia.  And let us all recall:…
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The United States strongly condemns the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) Intercontinental ballistic missile test. This launch is a flagrant violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions. While U.S. INDOPACOM has assessed it did not pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel, or territory, or to our allies, this launch needlessly raises tensions and risks destabilizing the security situation in the…
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Disaster-hit Turkey is due to stage a presidential vote in June. Erdoğan’s handling of the earthquake response – and his role in the country’s perceived lack of preparedness – may be his undoing.

Today, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Jake Sullivan met with 18 leaders of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to discuss a range of issues, including partnerships to advance national security, recruitment of graduates from their campuses for national security careers, and campus security. This was the first ever engagement with HBCU…
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Enough.  We are 48 days into the year and our nation has already suffered at least 73 mass shootings. Thoughts and prayers aren’t enough. Gun violence is an epidemic and Congress must act now. Jill and I are mourning for the six killed in today’s violence in Tate County, Mississippi — as we have for far…
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