Jennifer Epstein

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Biden: "I will not send another generation of Americans to war in Afghanistan with no reasonable expectation of achieving a different outcome." U.S. can't "remain tethered to policies created in response to the world as it was 20 years ago. We need to meet the threats" of today — PolitiTweet.org

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"The United States did what we went to do in Afghanistan: get the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11 and get Osama bin Laden," Biden says. "We did not go to Afghanistan to nation build." — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden says military mission in Afghanistan will conclude on August 31. — PolitiTweet.org

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Psaki at the end of her response to a question about former President Trump's social media lawsuit and Section 230: "I think it's safe to say that the president spends a lot less time obsessing over social media than the former president." — PolitiTweet.org

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Psaki on timing of infrastructure and reconciliation bills cites Schumer's timeline of July-Aug Senate session. "It would be a mistake to think of July 19th as anything more than the opening of a window, not a deadline," she says. — PolitiTweet.org

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The White House is "still assessing the feasibility" of First Lady Jill Biden attending the Olympics in Tokyo, @presssec says. Comes as organizers announced Thursday that spectators will not be able to attend the games. — PolitiTweet.org

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Psaki on Afghanistan: "We're not going to have a mission accomplished moment in this regard. It's a 20-year war that has not been won militarily." She adds the U.S. is not having "a moment of celebration." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @davidshepardson: .@SecretaryPete gets very tough questioning during @business interview about why US is not lifting 212(f) restrictions… — PolitiTweet.org

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On Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in the White House situation room, Biden will convene “key leaders across the interagency to discuss the Biden-Harris Administration’s overall strategic efforts to counter ransomware,” WH says. — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden says this recent attack "appears to have caused minimal damage to US businesses" and adds he'll have more to say in the next several days. — PolitiTweet.org

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"I feel good about our ability to be able to respond," President Biden says in response to a question about the latest ransomware attack. — PolitiTweet.org

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I’ll be on talking about President Biden and the press — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brianstelter: Joining us on @ReliableSources on the 4th of July: @SangerNYT, @amcoren, @sarafischer, @jeneps, @oliverdarcy, @emorwee, @… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GregStohr: Justice Breyer has hired full complement of four law clerks for fall term, Supreme Court confirms. @DavidLat reported earlie… — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden to the @neatoday, which happens to be @flotus’ teachers union: “If I didn’t support the NEA I’d be sleeping in the Lincoln Bedroom alone.” (He made the same joke earlier today about rooting for the Phillies.) https://t.co/DSQxIzYCtk — PolitiTweet.org

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“Last year, I told you if Joe became president, you would have one of your own in the White House,” Jill Biden tells the ⁦@NEAToday⁩, of which she’s a longtime member. https://t.co/F3NwHlFsAn — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden was paid more than $900,000 by Penn in the years after he left the vice presidency. A couple members of his family have gone there. Now, he's selected the university's longtime president, Amy Gutmann, to be ambassador to Germany. https://t.co/7XGG9vMTwj — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW: More Biden ambassadorial choices announced by the WH, including University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann for Germany and Jeffrey M. Hovenier for Kosovo. More on Biden’s selection process here: https://t.co/46R4023SYX — PolitiTweet.org

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There are six members of the U.S. armed forces who were sworn in as U.S. citizens at the White House today. https://t.co/IhSlPk3O9w — PolitiTweet.org

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“I defy you to tell me what constitutes an American,” Biden says. “You can’t do it. We’re an incredibly diverse democracy.” https://t.co/NrvcYWObnh — PolitiTweet.org

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Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas, himself an immigrant from Cuba, delivers the oath of allegiance at a naturalization ceremony in the East Room of the White House, with President Biden looking on. https://t.co/NkDoARL5G4 — PolitiTweet.org

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The U.S. will ship 1.5 million doses of the Moderna vaccine to El Salvador on Sunday, @PressSec says. — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden quotes Satchel Paige and sticks in his own joke about aging (I’ve heard him say this several times): “How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were? I’m 51.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden and Harris are given their Dodgers jerseys (he’s 46th potus and she’s the 49th VP) https://t.co/r1V6orHQPM — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden to Garcetti: “Hey Mr. Mayor how are you?” To McCarthy: “Mr. Leader, how are you? So good to see you.” https://t.co/PeCNhP2XdD — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked if he would answer a question for the press, House Minority Leader McCarthy says “only if it’s about the Dodgers.” https://t.co/iLRWeLtpEl — PolitiTweet.org

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LA Mayor Eric Garcetti, who’s expected to be Biden’s nominee to be ambassador to India, is at the White House for the Dodgers championship celebration. He was a major Biden surrogate during the campaign. (Seems to be wearing a World Series ring.) https://t.co/nYFNEuEMer — PolitiTweet.org

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California @RepBarragan wore her own jersey, used in congressional games, repping her district, the 44th. https://t.co/MHaNGHPTsF — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked Pres Biden about the potential for covid to spread over July 4 weekend especially among the unvaccinated. "I am not concerned that there's going to be another major outbreak,” he says. “But I am concerned” about the unvaccinated getting the variant. “Lives will be lost." https://t.co/rNvaA8h85I — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden lists the policies his administration has pursued in hopes of boosting the economy and suggests that the June job numbers are the latest evidence their approach is right. “We’re proving to the naysayers and the doubters that they were wrong,” he says. — PolitiTweet.org