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    <note>The President spoke at 11:49 a.m. in the Oval Office at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hoseini-Khamenei of Iran, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Tehran, Iran, on February 28, 2026; Acting President Delcy Rodriguez Gomez of Venezuela; Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom; former Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany; Secretary of State Marco A. Rubio; former Presidents Joseph R. Biden, Jr., and Barack Obama; Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer; Mayor Sadiq Khan of London, United Kingdom; President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of Russia; and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine. He also referred to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization. A reporter referred to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.</note>
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