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DCPD-202501161 - Remarks on Lighting the National Christmas Tree

Publisher: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration

Document Categories: Addresses and Remarks : National Christmas Tree lighting

Subjects: America's 250th birthday celebration
Attorney General
Border security
California, 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles
Christmas
Congo, Democratic Republic of the, relations with Rwanda
District of Columbia, law enforcement improvement efforts
District of Columbia, shooting of National Guard servicemembers near White House
Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup
Law enforcement officers, service and dedication
National Guard
National Park Service
Russia, conflict in Ukraine
Rwanda, relations with Democratic Republic of the Congo
Saudi Arabia, King
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of War
Small Business Administration
U.S. Border Patrol
U.S. diplomatic efforts, expansion
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Ukraine, Russian invasion and airstrikes
Vice President

Names: Beckstrom, Evalea; Beckstrom, Gary; Bessent, Scott K.H.; Bondi, Pamela J.; Burgum, Douglas J.; Gretzky, Janet; Gretzky, Wayne; Hegseth, Peter B.; Kennedy, Robert F., Jr.; Loeffler, Kelly L.; Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, King; Trump, Melania; Vance, James D. "J.D."; Vance, Usha Chilukuri; Wolfe, Andrew; Wolfe, Jason; Wolfe, Melody.

Notes: The President spoke at 6:29 p.m. on the Ellipse at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to former National Hockey League center Wayne Gretzky and his wife Janet; Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, USA, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, USAF, members of the West Virginia National Guard, who were shot in an ambush-style attack during a patrol near the White House in Washington, DC, on November 26; Melody and Jason Wolfe, parents, of Staff Sgt. Wolfe; and Evalea and Gary Beckstrom, parents of Spc. Beckstrom, who died from her injuries on November 27; and King Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia. The transcript was released by the Office of Communications on December 5.