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Covering the White House is complicated during COVID-19, even when officially credentialed.
We were there when the CDC lifted the mask mandate for fully vaccinated people.
After more than a year of remote work, we rediscovered why reporting in person is always worth it.
The White House staffer ripped off his mask, announced it s official, and flashed a broad smile.
In the press briefing room, someone shouted, Let s have a mask-burning party! One reporter said, I want to see people s smiles.
Even President Joe Biden removed his mask in a meeting with Republican senators, we learned.
Such is the slice of history we witnessed at the White House when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that fully vaccinated people in most cases could ditch their masks. Throughout the afternoon, we saw more and more liberated faces.
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House. | White House/Adam Schultz)
President Joe Biden on Monday touted his administrationâs commitment to advance LGBT rights at home and across the globe to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.
âMy Administration will always stand with the LGBTQI+ community,â Biden said in a statement, promising to continue to engage with allies and partners globally to advance the human rights of LGBT individuals.Â
âAlready, we have rolled back discriminatory polices [sic] targeting LGBTQI+ Americans, and we have made historic appointments of LGBTQI+ individuals to the highest levels of our government.â
The Situation Room Summit, 2014.
On the morning of November 17th, 2014, Dr. Anthony Fauci made his way to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB), otherwise known as the Old Executive Office Building (OEOB). The meeting was confirmed in the White House logs by Department for Homeland Security administrator Drew Cramer.
At 10am, he met with the man who would become known 7 years later as Joe Biden’s “prime minister,” Ron Klain. Four others joined Dr. Fauci, including former Walmart executive-turned-Health and Human Services staffer Leslie Dach.
David J Horowitz, who headed the legal side of the Ebola crisis; the Center for Disease Control’s Mitchell Wolfe; and the founding director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Robin Robinson, were all present.
WASHINGTON â Itâs an unpaid position, but Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, says he is approaching the role of being the first second gentleman like a full-time job. He and his team have offices within the vice presidentâs suite in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House, and aides to the former entertainment attorney who was active on the .