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everyone . So that be Tuesday . Happy

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July 4 1 Week . Okay ,

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a couple of updates for you uh at the

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top here after the president is briefed

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by his covid 19 response team this

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afternoon . He will speak to the

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american people about the strong

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progress that the country has made in

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recovery because of its robust

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vaccination campaign as well as the

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importance of every eligible american

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getting vaccinated especially as the

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delta variant continues to grow among

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unvaccinated people across the country .

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By the end of the week , the United

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States will be nearing 160 million

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people fully vaccinated , which the

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president will touch on today as well ,

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which is critically important . As

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fully vaccinated people are protected

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against the Delta vary . It he will

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also stressed how the administration

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will continue its effort to work with

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governors , local leaders and across

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the public and private sector to get

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more americans vaccinated by making

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vaccines available and more health care

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settings and respond to hotspots .

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President outlined five areas his team

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is focused on to get more americans

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vaccinated , one targeted community by

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community , door to door outreach to

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get remaining americans vaccinated by

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ensuring they have the information they

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need on how both safe and accessible

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the vaccine is to a renewed emphasis on

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getting the vaccines to more primary

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care doctors and physicians , something

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that we've seen as a very successful

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tactic uh with reaching groups with

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lower vaccination rates in the past few

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months , three stepped up efforts ,

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which is complementary to my last point

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to get vaccines to pediatricians and

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other Providers who serve younger

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people so that adolescents aged 12-18

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can get vaccinated as they go for back

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to school checkups or get ready for

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fall sports . Four continue expanding

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efforts to make the vaccine accessible

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for workers . Access is an area where

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we've seen as a challenge and one were

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as we work to address that , we've seen

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increasing rates . So that includes

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setting up vaccination clinics at

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workplaces uh and P . T . O . Uh time

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leave that employees can take off to

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get vaccinated and finally expanding

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our mobile clinic efforts , meeting

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people where they are and making sure

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we're taking the vaccine to communities .

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Another covid update this week . Both

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Guatemala and Vietnam will be receiving

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covid vaccine doses from the biden

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Harris Administration . Got Guatemala

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will receive 1.5 million doses of

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Moderna in Vietnam will receive two

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million doses of Moderna . Also today ,

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as part of the President's forthcoming

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Executive Order on competition . Stay

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tuned . Uh The U . S . Department of

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Agriculture announced it will engage in

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a series of rule makings to increase

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competition and agricultural industries

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to boost farmers and ranchers earnings

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fight back against abuses of power by

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giant agribusiness corporations and

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give farmers the right to repair their

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own equipment how they , like . The

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president's executive order , will

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follow through on a campaign promise by

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directing USDA to issue new rules under

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the Packers and Stockyards Act , making

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it easier for farmers to bring in wind

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claims , stopping chicken processors

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from exploiting and underpaying chicken

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farmers and adopting anti retaliation

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protections for farmers who speak out

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about bad practices . Second , the EO

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will direct us to the USDA to issue new

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rules defining one meat can bear a

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product of the USA labels so that

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consumers have accurate transparent

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labels , enable them to know where

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their food comes from and to choose to

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support american farmers and ranchers .

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Something I learned that I found a

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little outrageous . We'll see what you

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all think is that under current

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labeling rules , most grass fed beef

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labeled product of USA has actually

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raised and slaughtered abroad and then

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imported to the U . S . For processing

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the President and the USDA believe it

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is unfair for domestic farmers and

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ranchers to have to compete with

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foreign companies that are misleading

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consumers . Third . Uh Ceo directs USDA

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to develop a plan to increase

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opportunities for farmers to access

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markets and receive a fair return ,

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including supporting alternative food

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distribution systems like farmer

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farmer's markets and developing

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standards and labels that consumers can

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choose to buy . Products that treat

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farmers and agricultural workers fairly .

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These are just a few examples of

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actions you see will take under the new

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executive order uh and uh and the

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entire federal government submission

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which will help move forward through

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this executive order to help increase

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opportunities for small and independent

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businesses to boost the earnings and to

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lower prices increase options for

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consumers . I think I have one more

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item . Uh Yes . A number of you had

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asked me on the last trip I was on if

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we could do a little more to preview

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trips farther in advance . So I'm going

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to try to do that today . Um , as you

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all know tomorrow , the president will

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travel to Crystal Lake Illinois , which

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is located in the district of

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Congresswoman Lauren Underwood . There .

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He will visit Mchenry County College ,

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a community college that has a

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workforce development program and a

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childcare center programs , which is

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build back better agenda invests in in

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the american families plan . We've

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talked quite a bit in here , has

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proposals in uh , as the president

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presses for the bipartisan

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infrastructure framework , he's also

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pressing ahead on a dual track for the

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full breath and scope of the bill back

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better agenda , which includes his

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climate , his critical climate

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priorities , and the american families

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plan . The President's build back

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better agenda provides a once in a

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generation investment in the

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foundations of middle class prosperity ,

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education , healthcare and childcare ,

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from making education more affordable

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and expanding key provisions like the

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child care tax credit to providing

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economic security through programs like

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paid leave to families . The president

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will continue advancing his entire

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economic agenda to build back better

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congresswoman Underwood many of you may

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know is a registered nurse , health

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policy expert and committed advocate

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for expanding access to high quality ,

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affordable health care , which the bill

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back better agenda accomplishes by

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permanently lowering health insurance

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premiums for those who build coverage

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on their own saving families an average

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of $50 per person per month . As a

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result , nine million people Would save

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hundreds of dollars per year on their

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premiums and four million uninsured

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people would gain coverage . He'll also

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of course engage with elected officials

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on the ground . We'll have an update

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for you as the schedule is being

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finalized on that . That's why don't

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you pick us up ? Thanks first .

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Respective covered That

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rate of new vaccination with us has

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been continuously declining over the

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last 12 months . Access has increased .

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Has promotions giveaways , all sorts of

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efforts on the , on the administration

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private sectors to get people to get

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vaccinated as a french as well . Is

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there a point for the administration

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where people were very simply

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investment that people have not been

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vaccinated are choosing not to and then

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the administration will stop sort of ,

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you know , you know , like throwing

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money at them or giving speeches ,

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encouraging them get vaccinated .

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That's their choice . Well , first ,

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let me say Zeke that we had always

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noted that at a certain phase in the

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vaccination process or in our fight

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against covid when we had more supply

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than we had demand , which was about

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two months a month and a half ago .

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That the numbers would go down in terms

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of the number of people who were

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vaccinated each day and each week More

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than two million people per week are

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getting their first dose and millions

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more are getting their second dose . So

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our focus now is on doubling down on

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our efforts as we continue to vaccinate

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millions of people across the summer

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months . And that includes , as we've

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noted in here in the past , uh , young

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people under the age of 27 who are

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being vaccinated at a lower rate than

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people who are 27 and older . And we

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could believe that we need to continue

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to press to get more people in the

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country vaccinated even as we're seeing

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rates in parts of the country that are

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over 70% , even some places over 80% ,

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there's still more work to be done .

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You are absolutely correct . That is

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ultimately up to individuals to decide

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if they were going if they are going to

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get vaccinated . If you're vaccinated ,

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you are most of the vast , vast

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majority of people are safe from the

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virus . Uh , if you are not vaccinated

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you are not . That is also a message

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that we're going to continue to clearly

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communicate . But no , these programs

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will continue and we're going to

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continue to press forward on approaches

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that we have seen work in the past

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gears to this massive cyber attack .

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That is the President's views

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philosophically that it's the role of

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government to protect businesses and

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And private citizens from cyber

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aggressive cyber actions like this

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cyber attacks like this , ransomware in

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the life , was the issue of personal or

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corporate responsibility . What's the ,

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is there a ratio ? The president is 80%

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on the government to present with these ?

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20% . And what's the next ? Well , Zeke ,

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I would first say that the attack over

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the weekend underscores the need for

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companies and government agencies as

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well to focus on improving

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cybersecurity . And we've talked a bit

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in the past about the importance of

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private sector entities hardening their

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own cybersecurity , putting in place

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best practices that have been

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recommended by the federal government

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for some time . But we are going to

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continue to be partners because it's

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important to of course protect our

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critical infrastructure but also

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protect do it play what role we can

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from the federal government to ensure

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that impacts on smaller businesses on

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mom and pop shops are are minimized as

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well . So we have engaged over the last

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several months under the leadership of

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a range of officials including anne

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Neuberger in a better partnership ,

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more effective partnership with the

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private sector , providing resources

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from the federal government . And we'll

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continue that reports that Calvin

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Salman and his in town in Washington

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this week , potentially meet with Jake

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Sullivan . Can you confirm that meeting

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and then also is the confirmation of

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the White House ? He had no role in the

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murder of journalist production ? Uh

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well , I can confirm that meeting . Let

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me see . I believe I have a little bit

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more information on it here . At one

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moment for you , Zeke um Saudi Arabia's

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deputy Defense Minister will meet with

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or is meeting with I should say by

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administration officials today ,

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including national security advisor ,

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Jake Sullivan . Um he's scheduled to

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meet with State and Defense Department

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officials as well . During the meeting ,

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they'll discuss the longstanding

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partnership between the United States

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and Saudi Arabia regional security and

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the U . S . Commitment to help Saudi

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Arabia defend its territory as it faces

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attacks from Iranian aligned groups .

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As you know , we work to declassify a

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report that a named specific officials

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who we felt or who there are

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intelligence committee I should say

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were involved with and knowledgeable of

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um the horrific death of Jamal

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Khashoggi . Beyond that , I can tell

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you that of course this could be a

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topic but I'm not going to discuss

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additional details . Good . Yeah . It's

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going to follow up on my cassia attack .

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Have you had any communication at all

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with Russia this attack ? Um and I'm

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like what ? Ask a few more questions

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but President Putin and President biden

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met and discussed cybersecurity . Were

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you under the impression Putin would do

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more to prevent these kinds of attacks .

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So first let me say , let me give you a

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little bit of an update . Since the

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meeting between President Biden and

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President Putin , we have undertaken

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expert level talks that are continuing

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and we expect to have another meeting

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next week focused on ransomware attacks .

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And I will just reiterate a message

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that these officials are sending as the

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President made clear to President Putin ,

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when they met with the Russian

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government cannot or will not take

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action against criminal actors residing

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in Russia . We will take action or

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reserve the right to take action on our

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own . Uh , now in this case , um , you

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know , they're uh , the intelligence

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community has not yet attributed the

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attack . The cybersecurity community

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agrees that are evil operates out of

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Russia with affiliates around the world .

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Uh , so we will continue to allow that

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assessment to continue , but in our

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conversations and we have been in touch

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directly , we are continuing to convey

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that message clearly . So you've been

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in touch directly with at what level of

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government have you been in touch with

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Russia on this specific issue ? And

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then on the ransomware ? Um , the FBI

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has basically told companies not to pay

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ransom . Where are you aware whether in

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this particular place the ransom of $70

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million has been paid in . What advice

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are you giving to the company ? And

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earlier today , the Ceo said that the

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critical infrastructure was never at

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risk . Is that to share that assessment ?

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Uh Sure . Well , let me try to take

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your questions and you can tell me if I

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miss one . Um , on ransomware . Are are

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well , what was your first question ? I

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go in the order , Where have you been

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in touch ? High level of our national

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security team has been in touch uh ,

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with high level of Russian officials On

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your second question , repeated again .

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Now , bingo has our ransom where policy

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continues to be ? Uh , the same as it

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has been for several months , Which is

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that we do not advise , we advise

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against in fact , companies paying

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ransom . Where given it incentivizes

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bad actors to repeat this behavior . In

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terms of whether the company has paid

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ransom , I would refer you to the

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company . And in terms of assessments

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of the impact , we certainly , um , uh ,

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would we saw the company put out an

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extensive statement today about what

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the impacts were on our systems ,

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and we certainly defer to them on the

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impacts . Am switch gears . We have a

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story . So company organizations like

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the Chamber of Commerce , the National

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Associate manufacturers , National

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Retail Federation are gearing up for

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big lobbying campaign . Two , you know ,

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lobby against the tax increases that

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you are proposing . And what they say

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is that increasing taxes doesn't create

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jobs ? What do you say to that ? And

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are you , what are you doing to counter

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this pretty intense push by the

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lobbying organization ? Well , first ,

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I would say that um , the american

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people are aligned with President's

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view that corporations and uh , the

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wealthiest americans can afford to pay

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a little bit more in order to uh pay

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for critical investments in our

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nation's infrastructure , but also in

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uh initiatives and programs that will

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help uh make our country more

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competitive and bring more women back

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into the workforce . And that's what

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the President is proposing . I would

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also note that we've seen in terms of

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public reports that of the wealthiest

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companies out there , a number of them

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didn't pay any taxes at all . And that

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certainly is not something that is

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viable , nor does the President think

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that is fair and that uh sends a clear

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message that our tax system is not set

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up in a fair and equitable way , and

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that's something he feels we should

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address regardless . Uh , so that's his

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view in his proposal . We'll have to

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see how successful these lobbyists are

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at moving the public opinion and

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approval rating down from what it is

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currently , which is the vast majority

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of the american people agree with the

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President . Go ahead . I just want to

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follow up on grants martin . Two other

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quick ones from a response perspective ,

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this is attributed to our evil and they

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decide that is based in Russia , uh ,

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is the President's view that the

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response will be proportional to just

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taking that actor offline or actually

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directed at the Russian state instead

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for heartbreak . How do you guys

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approach that ? It's a good question

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Phil , I would say that I'm not going

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to be able to detail more specifics

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from here , but I would note that , and

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I would reiterate that the President's

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view and the administration's view is

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that even as it is criminal actors who

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are taking these actions against the

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United States or entities , private

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sector entities in the United States ,

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even as even without the engagement of

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the Russian government , they still

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have a responsibility that continues to

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be the president's view and the

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administration's view in terms of what

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actions we may or may not take . Uh ,

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well , I'll allow the national security

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team to work that through . What's the

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level of frustration in the White House

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that you have a vaccine vaccine works ?

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It is available to a degree . It has

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never been available before . People

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are not getting the vaccine and

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therefore the Delta very is emerging in

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certain places around the country . You

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guys banging the table are upset . How

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do you go through that ? Knowing that

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there is a counter weapon here to

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what's happening around the country ?

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You know , Phil , I think as , um , as

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the federal government , we don't have

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the luxury of feeling frustrated or

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feeling , um , upset about individuals

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not getting the vaccine . What our

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responsibility is is to ensure we are

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applying best practices , whether

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that's working with doctors and

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pediatricians or or addressing access

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mobile vaccine clinics or ensuring that

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people know that they can take time off

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of work or even working with employers

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to make the vaccine accessible . Uh ,

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it is ultimately up to individuals and

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we certainly recognize that as well .

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But we're going to continue to press as

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hard as we can to use the best

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practices to continue to increase the

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vaccination rates around the country .

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One more quick one plus a statement

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yesterday , directly engaged with

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various players . Even though you're

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not a part of the negotiation . Can you

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elaborate a little bit on what that

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means ? Sure . We are closely

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monitoring the Opec plus negotiations

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and their impact on the global economic

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recovery from the covid 19 pandemic .

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As you noted , fill were not a party to

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these talks , but over the weekend and

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into this week we've had a number of

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high level conversations with officials

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in Saudi Arabia , the U . A . E . And

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other relevant partners were encouraged

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by the ongoing conversation by opec

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members to reaching an agreement . The

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ongoing talks , I should say , which

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will promote access to affordable and

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reliable energy and certainly the

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impact on prices here is hence our

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great interest . Go ahead . I just want

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to follow up on a six question two on

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this public private role in response to

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cyber attacks . You know , the

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President signed these orders back in

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May , some of which were of course

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supposed to step of enforcement on

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private companies , at least those that

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work with the federal government . But

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It's been 55 days since we signed those

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orders . And from our review , the

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orders from Dhs haven't been put in

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place yet . There's still actually in

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the review process . So is these

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attacks are happening still though ? Is

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the government working fast enough on

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even in this narrow lane where you say

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you can do some work ? Well , I would

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say first , the the increase in

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ransomware attacks far predated the

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President taking office . Uh and it is

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something that uh from day one , he has

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made a priority and has asked his team

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to focus on where we can have an impact ,

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how we can better work with the private

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sector and what we can do across the

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federal government to help address and

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reduce ransomware attacks on our

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critical infrastructure , but also on a

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range of entities in the United States .

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Um tomorrow the president will convene

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key leaders across the inter agency ,

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including the State Department

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Department of Justice , DHS and other

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intelligence community , members of the

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intelligence community to discuss

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ransomware and our overall strategic

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efforts to counter it . And what he had

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asked the team to do several weeks ago

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was too review and assess what our

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options are and how we can better again

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put in place partnerships with the

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private sector best practices what

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lovers we have from the federal

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government , including disruption of

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ransomware infrastructure and actors ,

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which we've seen some success . And I

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know the Department of Justice

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announced some steps just a few weeks

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ago , building international coalition

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to hold countries who harbor ransom

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actors accountable , which is a huge

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factor here as well because we're not

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the only country impacted of course by

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ransomware attacks , expanding

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Cryptocurrency analysis to find and

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pursue criminal transactions and

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reviewing our own ransom policies to

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build cohesive , inconsistent

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approaches toward ransom payments . So

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this is a priority . Is meeting with a

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range of officials tomorrow , uh and we

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will continue to implement moving

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forward . What would you say you're

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still in the review and assessment

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phase ? I would first note that we have

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announced several steps that we have

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taken . The Department of Justice

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announced a step just a few weeks ago ,

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uh and we are continuing to up our

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partnership with the private sector ,

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which is a key part of best practices

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and ensuring we are reducing uh the

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impact uh the I should say the

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vulnerability of private sector

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entities , but there is more that can

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be done and it warrants and requires an

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interagency process and discussion in

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order to move those policies forward .

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Go ahead quick follow up on the ransom .

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Sure . You mentioned that after

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President biden called on Putin to hold

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cyber hackers accountable , There have

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been expert level talks . Is there any

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evidence that Putin has done anything

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to curb cyber attacks in Russia

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that he's communicated with the US ?

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Well , again , I would say it's a

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little bit disproving a negative there

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because this is what we're talking

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about here is ransomware attack attack

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from likely criminal actors . Again ,

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it hasn't been fully attributed yet ,

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so we're getting a little bit ahead ,

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which I certainly understand of where

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things stand . There are these expert

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level talks and negotiations and

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engagements . That's an important part

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of the next steps , an important part

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of what came out of their discussion .

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Uh , and beyond that . I think what the

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messages that the president has sent

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clearly and what we are sending

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continuing to send clearly is even with

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these criminal actors . Uh , we're not

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saying they're coming from , the

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government are directed from the

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government , but even with those actors ,

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they have a responsibility . So that's

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where the policy is moving forward . I

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think it's difficult for me to disprove

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a negative . Um , and I'm covid the

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five step plan you outlined still

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focused focuses heavily on access . Um ,

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and you've already mentioned the group

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of people who have access to the

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vaccine but simply don't want it . So

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is the White House tweaking its

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strategy to reach those people to

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change their minds ? I wouldn't say

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it's about changing their minds . What

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we've seen over the course of , I guess

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it sort of is , but what we've seen

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over the course of time is that the

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most reliable voices are trusted actors

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and communities , medical experts ,

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doctors , people's primary care

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physicians . And so we're going to

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continue to utilize and resource the

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entities where we feel there has been

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success and where we've seen through

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data , there has been success in the

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past . You know , you don't just give

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up just because you haven't reached

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every single person . We're going to

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continue to apply where what we've seen

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have been the best practices over the

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past several months . Just one more

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covid if the number of cases continues

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to trend upward , are there any

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circumstances under which the White

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House would re impose some of those

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restrictions as cases take up ? Or

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would that be up to the states ? Well ,

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states are going to have to make

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evaluations and local communities are

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going to have to make evaluations about

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what's in their interests . And as you

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know , there are much higher rates of

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vaccinations in some parts of the

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country over others . And we certainly

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support their decisions to implement

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any measures that they think will help

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their communities safe . But I would

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remind you , we're at a point where

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we're almost at 70% vaccination rate

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for , We will for 20 adults , 27 older ,

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but almost for adults 18 and older . So

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uh certainly we don't see we're on

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track to implementing new additional

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national measures . Go ahead . I'm

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ransom . Where the company statement

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goes into a lot of detail about the

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kinds of victims among its client base

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and points out that they are not

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related to critical infrastructure . Is

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that simply about informing people

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about what's there ? Or is that two

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separate this attack from some of the

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outline the president presented to

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Vladimir Putin about uh sort of the no

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go list of critical infrastructure that

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should not be interfered with from any

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Russian actor being criminal or state

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or whatever . Do you see that as an

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important tell ? Well , I would say

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that um of course there's a unique

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threat posed by cyber attacks that

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disrupt critical infrastructure . Uh

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and there's no question about that , if

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there's a cyber attack that takes out

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an entire sector of the american

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economy that would have an enormous

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broad impact . And we recognize that I

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can't speak to the communications

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strategy of the company of course ,

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which I know you're not exactly asking

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me to do . But I will say that

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regardless of whether a cyberattack

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impacts critical infrastructure , we

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take it seriously and we reserve the

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option of responding in a manner uh and

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and uh mechanism of our choosing

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regardless . But I think there's no

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question that in terms of national

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security threats , if it's critical

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infrastructure and it's taking out the

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meat industry or , you know , suppliers

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who are supplying gasoline . That is

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something that is a different impact in

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terms of a national security threat

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before the US retaliates though

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it's the president's briefing and is he

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likely to address the issue of those

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who are questioning whether a booster

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shot is appropriate with adult ovarian .

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And also as he also contemplating a

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position on mask wearing for

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transportation like airplanes and

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trains and so forth , still in effect .

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But there's been some talk that might

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be lifted as more vaccination stations .

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Sure , I would not anticipate or you

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should not anticipate , should say that

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he would have any new announcements or

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guidance on either of those fronts

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today , we certainly rely on the advice

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of our health and medical experts . If

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there if any of those should change in

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the future , Go ahead , give it back to

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you . So data from Israel shows the

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Pfizer vaccine is less effective

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against the delta very and preventing

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infection . About 64% of the time the

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administration keeps saying as you just

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have during the briefing that you're

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confident that people who are

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vaccinated are safe . But why is this

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still the assessment ? And is there any

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concern that mask requirements were

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lifted too soon ? Well , first I would

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say that that's preliminary data . Um

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and the vast majority of data from

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larger assessments and larger um

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studies shows that it is quite

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effective . Uh And that is the data

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from mass larger studies that were

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relying on its preliminary We'll look

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at what the final conclusions say .

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Pope Francis is still in the hospital

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covering research . President reached

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out to him at all to me contact and

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even the White House . I don't have any

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contact to to read out for you .

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Certainly the president wishes him well

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and a speedy recovery of course . Go

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ahead . I wanted to go back to Covid .

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There's been a lot of discussion about

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the delta variant but then there's also

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been some international concern about

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the lambda variant . The World Health

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Organization deemed it a variant of

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interest back in june public health

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England placed it under investigation

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due to international expansion and then

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british scientists are describing

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mutations um that another study also

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says could indicate less efficacy for

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the vaccine . So what do we know about

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lambda is spreading in the U . S . And

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have vaccine manufacturers and talk to

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the administration at all about

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protections against it . Sure . Well .

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First public health officials continue

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to closely track and monitor all of the

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variants as we've seen pop up over time

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and are reviewing the latest data one

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becomes available . I'll certainly

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leave it to doctors to discuss this .

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But early data suggests that the

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vaccines continue to work against the

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variants , including this variant . And

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that's why we've been focusing so much

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on increasing vaccinations across the

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country as of every strain . Getting

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vaccinated is the best way to protect

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yourself and others from any other

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covid strength . But we will continue

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to assess data as more widely available

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data becomes available . How is the

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spread of new variants informing travel

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restrictions into other countries from

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other countries to the US ? Well ,

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certainly , as you may know , there are

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working groups and with Canada , with

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european , with our european partners

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and we're working to continue to assess

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what criteria would need to be in place

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in order to reopen travel . Uh And we

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know that uh in many cases families are

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separated . We know that's a

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heartbreaking challenge that a lot of

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people are dealing with and a lot of

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people are eager to travel , be with

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loved ones or even do work travel . We

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understand that we're eager to do that

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as well . Uh The United States is one

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of the highest vaccination rates in the

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world . Um And uh that is something we

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also assess as we look at countries and

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are making those decisions about

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reopening travel . But these working

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groups are meant to have an open line

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of transparent communication with these

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countries about what steps need to be

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taken . And how are these new variants

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impacting back to school plans with a

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lot of Children still too young to get

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vaccines ? How is that ? This new

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elements were factoring into all these

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plants ? Well , let's say the good news

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is that there are a number of

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mitigation measures that have been

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recommended , of course by the CDC ,

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that our Department of Education has

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been working to help local school

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districts implements whether they're

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social distancing or mask wearing

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requirements , ventilation there's

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money that came from the american

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rescue plan to help fund this and areas

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in school districts where they didn't

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have uh the money available . So that

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is certainly what we expect . And we

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are looking forward to schools being

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reopened in the fall . Go ahead .

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Thanks to just have a few follow ups on

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the Opec plus talks . Sure , could you

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tell us which administration officials

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have been engaging with the Saudi and U .

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S . Governments on this issue ? I don't

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have more details about the individuals .

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I can see if there's more specifics to

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provide for you and then on the U . S .

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Engagement in the talks . I know that

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you said the US isn't a party to the

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talks but have these officials engaged

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are encouraged a specific solution uh

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such as keeping production levels where

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they are currently through the end of

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the year ? Well , I would say first um

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we are engaged directly with them to

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hear updates on the conversations that

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are happening between the opec members .

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Um I can see of course and we are

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constantly monitoring the price of gas

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uh in this country and we know the

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impact of oil prices around the world

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is having a direct impact on that . In

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terms of additional specifics of the

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conversations , I'm just not gonna have

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anything more to read out for you .

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Lastly , is there just engaging the

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concern level here at the White House .

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Is there any chance that President

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biden would personally get involved in

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contacting these governments ? I'm

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certainly not predicting that at this

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moment in time we have high level

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officials who are talented and happily

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engaged with their counterparts . And I

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will see if there's more specifics we

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can provide about who the individuals

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are . Go ahead , ask a couple of things .

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I'm covid we will talk about that

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solution , writes what is the end goal ?

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Where does the administration site

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things are done or things are supposed

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to think ? I think our health and

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medical experts including Dr Fauci have

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made pretty clear that we're gonna be

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continuing to battle the virus for some

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time . Now when you're vaccinated , you

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can return to many versions of normal ,

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going to the park , going to

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restaurants , going to concerts . That

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is one of the many reasons to get

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vaccinated , including to protect

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yourself from The virus . But are we're

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going to take it week by week , month

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by month . Right now we're continuing

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to press to get more people vaccinated .

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We know that the rates of young people

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under the age of 27 are not where they

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need to be or we want them to be . So

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we'll continue to utilize the best

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practices and work in partnership with

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health and medical experts and meet

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people where they are to get the

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vaccine out to more communities sort of

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a personal question here . But over the

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weekend , the president was out kind of

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campaign style shaking hands with

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people taking selfies , giving hugs

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lots of personal contact . I'm just

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wondering given where Covid is in the

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country . It is the assessment that we

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can go back to totally normal life .

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Like hugging people shaking hands with

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strangers and that's all perfectly okay

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given the rise of other variants . Well ,

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again , I would say the C . D . C . And

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our health and medical experts have

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provided clear guidance on this and if

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you're vaccinated then certainly you

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can go out there and engage with

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society as the president has . And uh

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no one loves a good rope line like

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President biden . So certainly he

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welcomes the opportunity to engage

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directly with many of the people who

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elected him to serve the country . If

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you're not vaccinated , uh then that is

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certainly a different circumstance .

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Now we also respect and want to convey ,

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we respect the decision by a range of

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individuals whether they're uh immuno

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compromised or they have concerns about

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health issues in their own family or

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themselves to continue to wear a mask

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or whatever they may choose . But we go

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by the guidance of our health and

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medical experts and they certainly

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okayed the president being out there

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and communicating and shaking hands and

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uh glad handing with the american

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people go ahead two questions , 1 on

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oil prices and one on sure . Covid on

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oil prices . You've alluded a couple of

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times today to the sort of impact on

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actual gas prices . I think it's over

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$3 a gallon now , a huge amount of

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travel over the over the holiday

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weekend . Um what is the president

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doing for regular americans to try to

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keep the gas prices down whether it be

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engaging with Opec but also is the

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president considering releasing from

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the strategic reserve ? Are there are

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other steps that the president can take

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to address ? Uh what is obviously a

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painful uh situation And how much does

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he do you guys worry on his behalf that

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it will become a political issue that

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could be , could be damaging to the

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president of this party uh in the

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coming election in 18 months . Well ,

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17 . Okay . Um , so I would say

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first night that the president wants

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americans to have access to affordable

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and reliable energy , including at the

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pump . And so that's why our team is

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constantly monitoring gas prices and

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directly communicating with opec

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parties to get to a deal and allow

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proposed production increases to move

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forward . And the reason I've

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referenced it so many times is because

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I think there sometimes is a

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misunderstanding of what causes gas

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prices to increase . And so to convey

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to the american people that were

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working on it . And certainly the

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supply availability of oil has a huge

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impact . I would also say that ensuring

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americans don't bear a burden at the

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pump continues to be a top priority for

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the administration large . That's one

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of the core reasons why uh , the

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president was opposed vehemently

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opposed to a gas tax and any tax on

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vehicle mileage because he felt that

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would fall on the backs of americans .

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And that was the bottom line red line

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for him . Uh , in in terms of

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additional considerations , I just

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don't have anything to preview for you .

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Covid , the one thing that you

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steadfastly have stayed away from is

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any question of mandating the virus ?

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All right . I'm sorry . The vaccine and

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I guess the question is at what point

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there was a manual I think has a new

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outfit out talking about how there

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needs to be more aggressive action

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taken . Employers are going to need to

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mandate that their employees take the

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vaccine . Maybe once the FDA has fully

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cleared some of the vaccines , would

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this administers this administration

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envision a point where even if it's not

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a federal mandate that every american

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has to take it , Do you do you

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believe that we're going to have to get

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to a point where schools and employers

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and colleges and other institutions are

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going to have to require people to take

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the vaccine in order to get to that

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next stage to get beyond the sort of

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plateau that we've reached . Now we've

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always anticipated . And we already

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seen this happen that some schools ,

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universities , private schools , others

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will require and mandate the vaccine

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and we leave it up to them to make that

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decision as well as employers . And we

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know that different companies and

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private sector entities or even

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learning institutions are making

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decisions about how to keep their

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communities safe . So I wouldn't

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predict a federal mandate as I'm not

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suggesting you're asking , But

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certainly we're already seeing that

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take place in communities across the

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country . Courage , employers , would

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you encourage schools , colleges to do

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that as a way of getting kind of a real

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acceleration of the vaccine

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adoption . We're gonna leave it up to

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them to make these decisions . Go ahead .

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Thanks to a question on Nicole Hannah

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jones who passed up a position at you

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and see will be teaching down the road

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at Howard . She said this morning that

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it took protest the threat of legal

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action all this just to get to a 94

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vote . What does biden make of the UNC

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process and her decision ? And is this

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an example of the systemic racism that

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he promised to hill ? Well , I have not

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spoken with the president about the

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decision on tenure by , uh , by the

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institution in north Carolina . I will

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say that the students at Howard are

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quite lucky to have her as a professor

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and in their , in their family . Uh ,

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but I think there's no question that ,

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um , there is continues to be systemic

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racism in our country . We see that in

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a range of sectors , including in some

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learning institutions . But the

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president , that's why the president is

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continuing to make racial equity and

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addressing request real equity is a

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central priority and crisis that he

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would like to address and focus on as

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president . Go ahead , go ahead right

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there on the family's plan obviously

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was goes tomorrow to Illinois to

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promote his vision . Um , the White

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House is still in negotiations about

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what is actually going to make it into

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the package . Are there certain as with

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the infrastructure plan for priorities

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or red lines that he has around this

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package ? Sure . So you're talking

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about the reconciliation package ?

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Right , Okay . Uh , so the president is

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obviously , there's a lot of work that

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needs to happen with Congress and we

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expect over the next week , there to be

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a lot of behind the scenes bill writing ,

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negotiations , discussions on Capitol

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Hill , long nights , lots of coffee

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over the course of the next several

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days . Given that leader Schumer has

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has uh conveyed that he would like to

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see both the reconciliation package and

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the infrastructure bill on the floor in

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july and we're in july now uh in terms

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of the President's priorities , he has

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outlined his blueprint in his budget

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that includes the american families

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plan , includes key components , will

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talk about when he's on the road

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tomorrow in Illinois . Uh It includes

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an extension of the child tax credit ,

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includes paid leave , it includes

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universal pre k making community

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college a reality for americans across

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the country . It also includes uh

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prioritizing and pushing for uh

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components of the american jobs plan

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that did not make it into the

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infrastructure , uh final

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infrastructure bipartisan agreement .

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So that is key components of climate

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tax credits , key components that will

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help address our climate crisis . Also

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a number of proposals on housing ,

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affordability and accessibility that

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the president would like to see uh in a

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final reconciliation process but will

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be closely engaged and closely

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discussing with members who are writing

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the legislation . Okay , go ahead back

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on the issue of race . Um ,

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hypersensitivity around the issue .

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This president Ran for office on the

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issue of race from Charlottesville .

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With that said , there is now an effort

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on the hill to strengthen the nation's

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oldest federal civil rights law of 1866 .

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Is he involved in that ? What is his

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conversation about this with senators

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as well as congressional leaders ?

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Because we talk about that with what

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does he feel about it ? Well , we're

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very appreciative of the efforts by a

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number of the leaders who are working

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in discussions about updating of the

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oldest civil rights law , as you , as

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you noted . Um , but in terms of

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specific conversations with the

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president , I just don't have anything

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to read out for you . It's important at

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this moment , especially to strengthen

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the nation's oldest civil rights law as

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voting rights is , I don't know what

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you got collapsed as policing is held

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up . Um , there's a call for

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reparations , There's so many things

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that the congressional black caucus is

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trying to push forward with their

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agenda as well as issues . These issues

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seem to be more civil rights and

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humanitarian versus policy . Is this

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president concerned at this time about

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that ? And does he think that this will

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bring more extension to those issues ?

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Also in light of KKK members of

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premises , uh , marching in

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philadelphia over the weekend on fourth

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of july well , I would say 1st april

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that as you know , because you've

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covered it closely . Um One of the

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President's key priorities , one of the

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key pillars of his presidency is racial

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equity and updating and addressing what

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he feels are systemic issues in how we

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govern and in society . And I would say

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to touch on a couple of the things that

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you've noted one on voting rights . Um

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you know , we I expect we'll have some

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more announcements to make later this

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week about the president and the Vice

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President's schedule uh and

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opportunities they will take to

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continue to use their platforms and the

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bully pulpit uh to advocate for push

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for uh take use every level of

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government to move uh those that

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initiative of those initiatives , I

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should say uh forward . But certainly

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he will remain engaged closely with

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civil rights leaders about the range of

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priorities that you just discussed as

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well as with leaders in Congress . Um

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even though things are hard and things

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look stalled at moments , he doesn't

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give up . That's not who he is .

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Neither , neither that who the vice

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president is . So they'll continue to

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press on moving all these agenda items

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forward , concerned by the democratic

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base for the democratic base that feels

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that he became president standing on

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these pillars . And now they're in

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jeopardy is they're concerned by this

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White house about what the democratic

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basis feeling as they see voting rights

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installed as they see police installed

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as they see they should reparations ,

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not moving as fast as they want in

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other issues . I would say . First ,

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the president shares their frustration

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about the fact that voting rights ,

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making voting more accessible to more

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people across the country is a no

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brainer . Uh , he agrees with the

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frustration that there are more , is

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more we can do to put in place reforms

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on policing , something that he feels

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is long overdue . And he would like to

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sign a bill into law And his role as

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president is to continue to use his

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voice , his the bully pulpit and his

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platforms to advocate for moving these

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things for it can go ahead . You said a

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couple of times on vaccines that the

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work continues across some months after

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the July four holiday . Will we hear

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from the president today ? A new date

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that is the next target date to get to

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a certain percentage of americans

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vaccinated . Is there a new timeline ?

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I don't expect a new goal to be set

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today . What I will tell you is that

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our work is going to continue , person

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by person . Community , by community .

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Uh , and we're going to meet people

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where they are . That's what he's going

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to talk about . And he's going to

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continue to use resources from the

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federal government empowering doctors ,

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empowering key voices and communities .

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And that's what you'll hear him talk

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about today . I said earlier about not

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changing minds I think was in response

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to a question we had to pull out this

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weekend with the Washington post that

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said three in 10 adults say they

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haven't gotten the coronavirus vaccine

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and definitely or probably will not get

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one . Does the White House have a sense

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of a number of how many persuadable

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people there actually are out there ?

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And how do you target just them ? If

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you can try and convince some of them ?

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Well , Karen , I first say if you go

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back to even five or six months ago ,

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that percentage of people who were not

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planning to get the vaccine was even

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much higher than that . And what we've

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seen have an impact is as people get

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vaccinated in their communities , they

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tell their neighbors , they tell their

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friends , primary care physicians ,

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tell people who are coming to other

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doctor's office to get checkups ,

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pharmacists and communities are calling

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their neighbors and saying , come on

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down , we have vaccines for you . We're

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seeing the impact of that . So we've

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seen actually , even people who uh ,

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didn't had no intention of getting the

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vaccine for a range of reasons . Maybe

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they didn't know how to get it . Maybe

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they didn't know where to get it .

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Maybe they were scared of the impacts

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actually get vaccinated . And that to

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us is an encouraging sign that we can

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continue to press and make progress

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moving forward . Go ahead . Two

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questions . First , is there a target

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for herd immunity for covid vaccines ?

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Is it 75% 80% . What does that go for

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the administration ? Well , Dr Fauci

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has addressed this a number of times

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and has conveyed that herd immunity is

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kind of an outdated term . Uh , so we

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had set a goal of reaching 70% of

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adults by july 4th . We reached that

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goal of adults 27 older by that date .

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And we're continuing to press to reach

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it and we will in the next couple of

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weeks for adults over the age of 18 .

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But our work doesn't stop there . And

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we're going to continue to press to get

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12 to 18 year olds vaccinated to

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continue to work with communities where

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there's lower vaccination rates .

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That's one of the reasons we initiated

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these , um , these for these strike

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forces to go into communities and work

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with them to determine what they need

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to take a localized specific approach

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that works with elected officials in

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communities . But I don't have a new

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goal to set for you . We are I would

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remind all of you that we are we have

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reduced the death rate by 90% . We've

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reduced the the covid uh rate by not by

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more than 90% . But again we're going

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to continue to press ahead even after

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july 4th Afghan military leaders say

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the U . S . Military left the air Force

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base with no warning middle of night .

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Why did the US do that ? Is that a sign

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of a lack of trust in Afghan leaders

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that they wouldn't give them a heads up

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on their departure , I would point each

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of the Department of Defense on that

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and the specific accuracy of those

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comments relationship that the White

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House has with the Afghan leaders . How

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do you explain that them ? And what was ,

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again , I'm only pointing at the

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Department of Defense because they are

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the leaders on the ground who would

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have handed off two Afghan leaders on

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the ground . I got a go around , Go

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ahead . Thank you . In Afghanistan .

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There's been a lot of talk

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understandably about what is the

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administration's doing and doing enough

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for the Afghan translators more broadly

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with the shift that's coming now and

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talk about the Taliban making a lot of

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advances pretty quickly . Is the

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administration concerned about kind of

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an exodus of a lot more than just

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translators , but like a whole bunch of

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Afghans , some of whom might want to

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come here and more , probably a lot of

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who might try to make their way to

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europe . Is that something the

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President's discussing with european

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allies ? Would the US speak opening the

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doors to some of these people ? Are you

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preparing for an accident ? Well , I

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would say first that our focus , as of

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now is identifying a group of um s

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ivy applicants who have served as

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interpreters and translators as well as

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other at risk categories have assisted

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us and as you know , but for everybody

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else who hasn't paid close attention ,

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our plan is to relocate this group to a

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location outside of Afghanistan before

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we complete our military drawdown by

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the end of august . So that's where our

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focus is on at this point in time . Uh

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and uh of course we are doing that in

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part because we know these are

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individuals who help the United States ,

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even often at great risk , personal

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risk to themselves and their families .

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And we're going to work every possible

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contingency to make sure that we can

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help those who have helped us . But

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that's really what our focus is at this

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point . What about the broader concern

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of an influx of people trying to reach

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europe ? I don't have any update on

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that . I'm happy to talk to our

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national security team and see if

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there's an assessment or concern there .

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Go ahead . Two jobs report last friday .

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Mexico's reported this morning , double

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digit wage growth in four key sectors ,

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Transportation , warehousing , leisure ,

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and hospitality . And yet you talk to

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any employer in any of those sectors

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will tell you it's very difficult to

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find and keep good workers for perhaps

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low skill low wage job . Is the White

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House of offering any advice to those

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employers at this point , With these

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wage increases of 15-17% already ? It's

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still difficult finding quality works ,

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it is a worker's market right now , and

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I can't assess industry to industry

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without having more details . I guess

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that would be hard for me to do anyway .

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But certainly we're seeing people feel

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more comfortable rejoining the jobs

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market . A big factor in our view is

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the vaccination rates and lots of

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communities across the country . We

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know that employers are starting to

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hire as we've seen from the jobs

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numbers , which 850,000 jobs last month

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was a very large number . I will just

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note since you gave me the opportunity

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uh in terms of specific industries , uh

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there are cases where they need to pay

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their workers more and that will make

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them more competitive and hiring . But

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I'd have to get , we can follow up

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after if there's a specific sector .

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And I'm happy to ask the economic team

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about that . Go ahead question the

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White House Code in response to you

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last week , so that they're setting up

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the surge , the search response team

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to go into States and communities with

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low vaccination rates and rising cases .

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Where are they going first ? What ?

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States and local communities are you in

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touch ? So we're in touch with a range

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of communities . I provided an update

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last week that we were in touch with

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Missouri about possibly sending uh some

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teams there . I know we had already

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sent a team deployed a team to colorado

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to collaborate with the local

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Department of Health in Mesa County . I

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can see if there's more , but we are in

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touch with a range of officials around

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the country and we're eager to have

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these teams out helping communities get

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vaccinated and protect themselves from

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the virus . You know , we have new word

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you said . Yeah . In this community

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it's particularly bad . You approach

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that community and you say we'd like to

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help . Well the C . D . C . Is

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deploying these teams so they work with

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local communities . We can see

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vaccination rates and where there are

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rising caseloads uh and then work in a

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collaborative way with the communities

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to deploy the teams , Jeff . Go ahead .

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Very cheap . Um There's still no

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nominee for the doj antitrust . The

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leader of antitrust , it's been the

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longest . Um that position has been

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open since George H . W . Bush . And so

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I guess just curious if there's a

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holdup with that position is , so what

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is it ? I would say this is certainly a

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position the president is eager to fill

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uh as with any important position in

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government , he wants to have the right

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person in place . I don't have anything

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to predict for you in terms of the

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timeline for it . And the president

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promised that the United States would

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continue to provide civilian and

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humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan .

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But if the taliban were to take over

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the government again , want those

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individuals be withdrawn ? Well , first ,

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I would say that we have every

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intention of continuing an ongoing

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president presence in Kabul , which is

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continuing even after we bring our

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military uh who are serving home by the

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end of august , but we will also

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continue to be partners to the Afghan

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government . That's something that the

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president reiterated when he met with

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leaders just a week and a half ago ,

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that we that includes security

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assistance , that includes humanitarian

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assistance . Uh and that includes over

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the horizon capacity to ensure that we

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are working to address any threats that

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we face uh that will continue and we

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intend to have a presence on the ground

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uh in our embassy there in Kabul . It

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does seem that the taliban is starting

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to gain more power and pick over there .

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What's the United States government was

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president biden willing to do ? Um

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after putting truth ? Well , I would

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first say if you take us back to when

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the president made this decision and

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announcement , um we uh he asked his

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team to do a clear eyed assessment not

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to sugarcoat it of what the impact

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could be of moving uh withdrawing our

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troops from Afghanistan after a 20-year

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war . A war that the president

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continues to feel does not have a

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military solution . What the president

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is continuing to press on is a

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political solution and political

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negotiations and discussions , which we

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hope will reconvene soon to move

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towards a political solution on the

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ground to bring greater peace and

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stability to the people of Afghanistan .

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That's his hope . Go ahead . Thank you .

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So you mentioned two weeks ago that

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vaccine sharing to the rest of the

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world is not a matter of supply . By

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overcoming the logistical challenge now

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that you've passed the deadline of June

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and you've not met the target of

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distributing 80 million vaccine doses .

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What has the administration learned ?

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And we'll do differently . And you have

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a target for the date of completing

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those 80 million doses . And then just

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a follow up on that for countries that

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have refrigerated , refrigeration and

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distribution challenges . Why is the

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administration focusing on Pfizer and

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Moderna rather than johnson and johnson ?

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And then I have another question on the

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G B . T . Q . sure . Well , first , let

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me say that we have allocated all 80

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million doses and I would say what we

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have learned through the process is

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that there are logistical challenges .

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Because when you talk about working

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with countries even is that we conveyed

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a country , we have a million doses or

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two million doses . Sometimes we have

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to work through legal barriers . We

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have to work through regulatory

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barriers . There are issues as it

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relates to materials needed to

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distribute these vaccines . And they're

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also even transportation issues with

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refrigeration needed as well . So we

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have , we have noted as even as we've

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allocated all these doses as we

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committed to , that part of it is

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countries need to be ready to receive

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them on the ground and there is no past

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precedent for this . So there's

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certainly lessons that we have learned .

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And as we've proceeded , we have become

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uh , these countries have become more

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effective and efficient at receiving

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these doses . They've worked through

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the red tape and that enables us to

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provide the doses more easily in the

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future . Uh , in terms of the

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allocation of doses and we provide

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what's available . I don't have any

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more detail for you in terms of which

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vaccines , as you know , we had a

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larger percentage of Moderna and Pfizer

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vaccines . So hence there are modern

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advisor vaccines perhaps going to more

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countries around L G B T Q . There is

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violence in Tbilisi Georgia yesterday

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where LGBTQ activists and also

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journalists were attacked . The

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president has recently vowed to use us

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diplomacy and foreign assistance to

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help promote LGBT rights around the

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world . How does this translate to the

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situation in Georgia ? Would there be

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any kind of real repercussions for

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situations like in Georgia and other

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countries where the rights of LGBT

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minorities are not detected ?

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Absolutely . That's a priority of the

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President's priority of the State

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Department and the secretary of State ,

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the State Department probably have more

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of a specific update of direct

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engagement with Georgia . I don't have

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any policy announcements or decisions

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to preview for you . Go ahead . During

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the weekend , there was an attack

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targeting US military base in Missouri

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in Syria . And it's not a question , I

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promise you . Okay , go ahead . Does

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the president believe that his strategy

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to counter the pro Iran militias in

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Iraq and Syria is working considering

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his own who authorized the pentagon to

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with the second attack that we have

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seen in the last few weeks . Uh well ,

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Nadia , we uh approved these strikes

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one with with the full authority Legal

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authority , US Legal authority and

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international authority because in a

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way that was proportionate uh and

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responded to uh threats against our

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enter the U . S . Men and women serving

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and entities that were serving in these

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countries . It did not mean we expected

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everything to grind to a complete halt

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at the time , but he still felt it was

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the appropriate and proportionate steps

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and our objective continues to be a de

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escalation of violence on the ground .

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Go ahead . Thank you very much . Sure .

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Thank you . On cyber . President biden

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and President Putin met three weeks ago

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and the first extra level meeting about

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ransomware is going to happen next week .

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That's not what I said actually . I

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said the meetings are ongoing and

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there's another meeting next week on

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ransomware meeting about ransomware

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level . Since the a meeting between the

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two , there have been ongoing cyber and

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expert level meetings . I don't have an

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agenda of each of them to read out for

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you , not physical and ransom . I don't

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have anything more than cyber and

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expert level meetings . We're not going

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to read out the agenda from all of the

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meetings . I'm frustrated that the pay

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seems to be slow in those negotiations .

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Following his meeting with the Russian ,

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I wouldn't say he would characterize it

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that way . The meeting with the Russian

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president was just a couple of weeks

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ago . We've had ongoing meetings at an

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expert level . Uh , pretty much since

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that point in time and again . There's

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another meeting scheduled for next week .

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Okay , go ahead right there right there .

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Yeah , Thank you so much . Another

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foreign policy question . Sure . I mean

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There was a discussion last year of

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arranging a G5 summit meeting and the

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idea was to get the leaders of the 5%

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members of the UN Security Council

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together at anger . His President biden

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interested in something like that in

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any chance . Would he be willing to

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take part in in a discussion like that ?

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I'm gonna to discuss rules of the

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road and what the current tensions

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between the west and the east . I don't

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have anything about the unga scheduled

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to preview for you quite yet . Um ,

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again , there are a range of

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engagements we have with a number of

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the P5 countries which will certainly

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continue . But in terms of meeting at

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at Anga , I don't have anything to

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preview for you . I don't think we're

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quite at that point in our planning

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process quite yet . Lynn go ahead .

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Thank you for taking my question . I'm

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sure visit questions . Let me get both

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of them . Go ahead . I'm not going to

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cut you off when I know better than

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that . Go ahead . This visit . It's the

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first presidential visit to Illinois

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and Covid came in just as he was about

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to come before the Illinois primary .

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So Crystal Lake is really tough

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political church for democrats in the

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counties and Henry Reid in law ?

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Senator Durbin loss . Representative

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Lauren Underwood , who you mentioned

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loss though biden did win . Crystal

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Lake . So could you just explain a

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little bit more how this trip to one of

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the rudder parts of the blue ish states

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in totality can advance the , by the ,

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how does the political agenda since

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there's no persuadable members of

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Congress ? They're all for you . And

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then on another very serious note in

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Chicago , it's had its most violent

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weekend This year , 104 shot , 19

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killed . I understand her and Lori

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lightfoot will be meeting with the

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president and a hair . I understand the

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administration did grow out many things

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to do to help combat crime in cities

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like Chicago , But is there something

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more that perhaps the president may be

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able to bring or discuss with your life

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when they wanted to ? Sure . Well , on

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your first question , Lynn , I think

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the president was , is eager to visit

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Mchenry County College , which as you

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know , is located uh in uh , in Crystal

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Lake Illinois . And he ran as someone

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who would represent not just democrats ,

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not just republicans , not just

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independence , but all people . So I

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would see this as less of a uh

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political trip , more of of an

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opportunity to speak to all americans

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about why his build back better agenda

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and why his effort to make , to extend

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the child tax credit , to make

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community college more affordable to

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make universal pre k reality is

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something that uh , many people of all

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political stripes should be able to

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support and that's the case we'll make

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tomorrow . So he did last week , he did

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the bipartisan infrastructure deal and

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kind of did a very detailed lay down ,

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you'll see him tomorrow do a very

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detailed lay down of the rest of his

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build back better agenda and what many

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of you would shorthand as the

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reconciliation , many components of the

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reconciliation package . Um , but he's

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also eager to see congresswoman

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Underwood given she's been such an

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advocate for the expansion of

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healthcare , making it more affordable

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and accessible and that's something he

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will continue to advocate for in this

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bill we get from our lightfoot . Yes .

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You know , that's exactly the county

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democrats are trying to get rid of for

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her in the remap . So it may

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not , maybe not maybe moved

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soon because that might not be heard

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from counting . And remember , could

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you clarify when I checked before the

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briefing ? I didn't think she had a

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speaking role in the program tomorrow .

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Does she find I'll have to check lin .

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I think so , I wanted to give you all

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an overview of , kind of why he was

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going there . But in terms of specific

01:00:01.938 --> 01:00:03.938
meetings in the programme , I think

01:00:03.938 --> 01:00:03.900
we're still finalizing all the specific

01:00:03.910 --> 01:00:06.930
details and then crime in Chicago and

01:00:07.110 --> 01:00:10.290
come in with your life . Well , I know

01:00:10.290 --> 01:00:12.346
that there , I believe you mentioned

01:00:12.346 --> 01:00:14.568
agreed at the airport . So I'll have to

01:00:14.568 --> 01:00:16.830
check and see how long uh that is

01:00:16.830 --> 01:00:18.830
allocated for that meeting . And

01:00:18.830 --> 01:00:21.052
certainly he's always receptive to what

01:00:21.052 --> 01:00:23.274
any elected official wants to raise and

01:00:23.274 --> 01:00:25.497
what they want to discuss . I will note

01:00:25.497 --> 01:00:28.230
that the president continues to um work

01:00:28.230 --> 01:00:30.341
to address violent crime . We've seen

01:00:30.341 --> 01:00:32.820
raise go up over the last 18 months

01:00:32.910 --> 01:00:35.230
around the country , including in the

01:00:35.230 --> 01:00:37.350
city of Chicago . And as you know ,

01:00:37.350 --> 01:00:39.461
Lynn from covering this , uh , we see

01:00:39.461 --> 01:00:41.461
spikes in violent crime , typically

01:00:41.461 --> 01:00:43.183
during summer months , often ,

01:00:43.183 --> 01:00:45.406
unfortunately during holiday weekends .

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And we saw that over the last weekend .

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But I will say that he will continue to

01:00:49.850 --> 01:00:51.850
advocate for and and the mayor , we

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want to discuss this , I guess we'll

01:00:53.906 --> 01:00:55.961
see or not , but Uh increases in his

01:00:55.961 --> 01:00:58.072
budget , including an additional $300

01:00:58.072 --> 01:00:56.880
million

01:00:56.880 --> 01:01:02.480
Trump

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administration budget . So he he had

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237 billion in his uh in his million .

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Sorry ? Hello . Hi there Million in his

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budget . And we have the president's

01:01:13.348 --> 01:01:15.348
proposing 537 million in his budget

01:01:15.348 --> 01:01:17.570
because he wants cops funding to go out

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to communities across the country , uh ,

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who also continue to work to empower a .

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T . F . He's proposed an additional $70

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million increase over the last trump

01:01:26.403 --> 01:01:28.514
budget for a . T . F . To ensure that

01:01:28.514 --> 01:01:30.514
they have the funding and resources

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they need to crack down on illegal guns .

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And I know gun violence is a huge

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driver of the crime in Chicago . And

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finally , he's going to continue to

01:01:38.792 --> 01:01:40.959
advocate for supporting evidence based

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community violence intervention

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programs , uh , that are proven to

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reduce gun violence in a range of

01:01:44.019 --> 01:01:46.019
communities . But I'm sure he'll be

01:01:46.019 --> 01:01:47.963
happy to discuss components of his

01:01:47.963 --> 01:01:50.130
budget . She may have different things

01:01:50.130 --> 01:01:52.297
on her agenda when they see each other

01:01:52.297 --> 01:01:55.410
tomorrow . That is correct . Thanks

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everyone so much have a great day .