Administration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 2022

September 11, 2022

September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks/Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Detention Facility

Q. Could I start by asking you: A lot of the families, they want justice done for the people who were responsible for 9/11. And some of them have been sitting in Guantanamo for two decades. Do you have a plan to deal with that, sir?

The President. The families ofâthe families in Guantanamo?

Q. No, the families of the people who were victims on 9/11.

The President. Yes, there is a plan for that.

Ukraine

Q. So what aboutâdo you know what's going on in Ukraine right now? There's the reports that Russia is, like, on the run in large parts of it. What's happening?

The President. Yes, I do. But I'm not going to speak to that now because things are in process.

King Charles III of the United Kingdom

Q. Have you spoken with the King?

The President. Not toâno, IâI have spoken to him many times, but I haven't spoken to him since he's become King.

Thank you so much.

NOTE: The President spoke at approximately 7:30 a.m. on the tarmac at Delaware Air National Guard Base prior to boarding Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, MD. Audio was not available for verification of the content of these remarks.

Categories: Interviews With the News Media : Exchanges with reporters :: New Castle, DE. Locations: New Castle, DE.

Names: Charles III, King.

Subjects: Communications : News media :: Presidential interviews; Delaware : President's visits; Russia : Ukraine, airstrikes and invasion; Terrorism : Review and disposition of detainees at Guantanamo Bay; Terrorism : September 11, 2001, attacks; Ukraine : Russian airstrikes and invasion; United Kingdom : King.

DCPD Number: DCPD202200781.

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