Media Credits: Allison Robbert | Staff Photographer
Biden will meet guests in the East Room of the White House on Thursday for the Lunar New Year celebration.
Last week in Washington, The Hatchet attended the White House’s first-ever Lunar New Year celebration and caught reporters questioning President Joe Biden about the South Lawn.
At a Lunar New Year celebration in the East Room of the White House on Thursday, Biden included Asia Services in Action CEO Elaine Tso, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, and Olympic figure skater Nathan Chen. In his speech, he offered condolences and solidarity in response to the shooting in Monterey Park, California, which killed 11 people and injured nine in a ballroom hours after the Lunar New Year celebrations. made a statement.
Four days later, Biden met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday’s South Lawn to answer questions about his plans to raise the debt ceiling and travel to Europe to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Here are last week’s shots in Washington.
Alison Robert | Staff Photographer
Members of the Choi Un Lion Dance Troupe preform at the White House’s Lunar New Year celebrations on Thursday.
Alison Robert | Staff Photographer
Biden pointed his finger at the audience as he spoke about the shooting in Monterey Park late last month that left 11 dead and nine injured in a ballroom where a Lunar New Year celebration was held hours earlier. I am reaching out.
Alison Robert | Staff Photographer
The media posed questions to Biden after he landed at the White House on Monday about his national debt and his plans to visit Europe for the one-year anniversary of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Alison Robert | Staff Photographer
Biden returns to the Oval Office after answering media questions on Monday’s South Lawn.
This article appeared in the February 2, 2023 issue of Hatchet.
