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The Pierre Hotel
New York, New York

11:46 A.M. EDT

Q    This is great.  It’s good to see you again.  It wasn’t that long ago —

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  You too, Joe.  Good to see you.

Q    — when I saw you.  But to agree again to do this, I am very gratified.  Thank you, Mr. Vice President, for being here.  I really appreciate it.

We’ll kick it right off with, for a lack of a better term, the economic state of the union, in your view, two and half years ago into the Trump presidency.

THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Well, the American economy is booming.  It’s absolutely undeniable.  Since Election Day 2016, more than 6 million jobs created by businesses large and small.  Unemployment is at a 50-year low.  Wages are ri...


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Today, Second Lady Karen Pence hosted a working lunch with leaders from the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Creative Forces Network at the Vice President’s Residence.

Mrs. Pence convened the meeting to provide an opportunity for the government agencies to highlight the effectiveness of creative arts therapies for military service members and veterans who struggle with mental health issues, such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The meeting also provided an opportunity for the government agencies to collaborate on ways they can work together to expand existing art therapy services for military populations.  Creative arts therapies include art and music therapies led by creative arts t...


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Aboard Air Force One
En Route Joint Base Andrews

September 18, 2019

THE PRESIDENT:  (In progress.)  I’m glad you got to see it.

Q    Was there anything that surprised you about seeing it firsthand?

THE PRESIDENT:  No.  I mean, I’ve seen it.  I mean, I saw it — tiny sections of it — when we were devising it.  This was — you know, this is a lot — a lot of work coming out.  We have two concepts.  We have that concept and we have a point at the top — it’s a little complicated; nobody cares — but without the structural beam because they structural beam is in a different location.  Both have advantages.  This is probably the strongest (inaudible).  You don’t get much stronger than that.  (Inaudible.)

Q    Is ...


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Otay Mesa Border Wall Site
San Diego, California

September 18, 2019
3:11 P.M. PDT

THE PRESIDENT:  Yeah, why don’t you start, Kevin?  And this has been a very exciting project, as you know.  It’s — for many years, people have wanted the proper wall and we have a wall that — the likes of which, very few places have ever seen.

And I want to thank all of the people.  General Semonite from the Army Corps of Engineers — we’re working very closely with them.  I want to thank Kevin and all of your staff —

ACTING SECRETARY MCALEENAN:  Thank you, sir.

THE PRESIDENT:  — because what they’ve done is beyond.

And I wanted to show you some of the details of the wall.  You can see — you can see a pretty good view.  T...


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