At a time when we need to be doing everything possible to defend our country against cyber threats, gutting the agency literally responsible for defending us against them is not only incredible irresponsible, it's dangerous for our national security.
Employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tell WIRED they’re struggling to protect the US while the administration dismisses their colleagues and poisons their partnerships. https://t.co/qVzIypOKI5
.@mikeallen: “President Biden is going global with his cancer ‘moonshot’ program. He joined the leaders of the other Quad countries — Australia, India and Japan — to announce a combined effort to target cervical cancer in the Indo-Pacific, where rates of it are especially high.”
Today, at my direction, U.S. military forces struck targets in Iraq and Syria that the IRGC and affiliated militia use to attack U.S. forces.
We do not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world.
But to all those who seek to do us harm: We will respond.
A day after the father of an Israeli hostage gave White House spox John Kirby a dog tag that says "Bring them home now," he's wearing it at the WH podium.
Biden met today w/ family members of hostages.
Kirby: "The president is very grateful for the time that they afforded him"
The White House is backlit with the colors of the Israeli flag.
“The United States stands with the State of Israel, just as we have from the moment the United States became the first nation to recognize Israel, 11 minutes after its founding, 75 years ago.” - President Biden
Pacific Island leaders take the field for the @Ravens@Colts game!
The leaders are visiting the United States for the second-ever US-Pacific summit, which starts tomorrow.
The 32 Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation countries are a diverse group, but the Atlantic ties us together. With this new grouping, we’ll forge deeper connections among our countries & work together on critical issues from science & tech to the environment to economic growth.
President Joe Biden will host Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan and President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea for a trilateral leaders summit at Camp David on August 18, per @kjp46
.@POTUS and @FLOTUS will host Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Republic of India for an Official State Visit to the United States, which will include a state dinner, on June 22, 2023.
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. will make an historic stop in Papua New Guinea while traveling from the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Hiroshima, Japan to the Quad Leaders’ Summit in Sydney, Australia later this month.
I got to chat with @CISAgov's Kiersten Todt last week about the agency's new initiative to zero in on corporate cyber responsibility, including working with industry to create "a series of best practices" on this topic. Read a teaser of the story in today's (free) MC: