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    <note>The President spoke at 11:44 a.m. in the Oval Office at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to former Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany; Secretary of Commerce Howard W. Lutnick; U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson L. Greer; Peng Liyuan, wife of President Xi Jinping of China; Jared Isaacman, whose nomination to be Administrator of the National Space and Aeronautics Administration was with withdrawn on May 30; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. J. Daniel Caine, USA; Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi L. Noem; White House Border Czar Thomas D. Homan; White House Chief of Staff Susan Wiles; Gov. Joshua D. Shapiro of Pennsylvania; Gov. Timothy J. Walz of Minnesota, in his former capacity as the 2024 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee; President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine; and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India. He also referred to H.R. 1. Reporters referred to Mohamed Sabry Soliman, suspect in the incendiary attack in Boulder, CO, on June 1; and Sen. Lindsey O. Graham.</note>
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