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2016 Public Papers 1266 - Remarks Honoring the 2016 United States Olympic and Paralympic Teams

Publication Title
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Barack Obama (2016-2017, Book II)
Category
Budget and Presidential Materials
Collection
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
Event Date
September 29, 2016
President
Barack H. Obama
Page Number Range
Pages 1266 - 1268
Notes
Note: The President spoke at 12:50 p.m. in the East Room at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Kimberly S. Rhode, skeet shooter, Briana Rollins, Nia Ali, and Kristi Castlin, hurdlers, and Michael F. Phelps II, swimmer, 2016 U.S. Olympic Team; Queen Quedith Harrison, sprinter and hurdler, 2008 U.S. Olympic Team; Nikki Hamblin, distance runner, New Zealand's 2016 Olympic Team, who was involved in a collision during the women's 5,000-meter qualifying race; Thomas C. Smith and John W. Carlos, sprinters, 1968 U.S. Olympic Team, who raised their clenched fists on the victory podium in solidarity with civil rights activists and liberation movements worldwide; and Vice President Joe Biden.
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