Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, August 29, 2022
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MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi. Good afternoon, everybody.
Q Good afternoon.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Thank you. All right, today the Vice President and the Second Gentleman visited NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to attend the launch of the Artemis I mission. Despite the launch being pulled down, we look forward to it happening when NASA says all systems are ready.
While at the Kennedy Space Center, the Vice President and Second Gentleman met with STEM students, astronauts, and workers building the crew modules for Artemis II, which will be the first crewed Artemis mission, and Artemis III, which will return American astronauts to the Moon, including the first woman and person of color.
As you may have seen, today we announced that the Biden Harris administration will host the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health on September 28th in Washington, D.C.
As the President said a few months ago, this will be the first conference of this kind in more than 50 years. The conference will bring together government leaders, academics, activists, and Americans from all walks of life to achieve the goal of ending hunger and reducing diet-related diseases in the U.S. by 2030. A key additional focus will be reducing disparities among the communities who are impacted the most by these issues.
At the conference, we will announce a national strategy that identifies actions the government will take to encourage the public and private sectors to drive transformative change and address the intersections between food, hunger, nutrition, and health.
With that, Zeke, you want to take it away?
Q Thanks, Karine. Over the weekend, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said they were conducting a risk assessment of the classified documents found at former President Trump’s home in Florida. Does the President intend to get briefed on — on that risk assessment once it’s completed?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, look, we have seen the letter from ODNI to Congress on this, but I would refer you to either ODNI or the Justice Department by any specific questions on this.
As we have said, this involves material that is part of an ongoing criminal investigation, and we just aren’t going to comment on that at this time. I hear your question; we just don’t — we’re not going to say anything at this time while the investigation is going on.
Q This is about the President’s actions, not what they’re doing there. So does he — you can’t say whether or not he’ll be briefed on —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Well, I can say that he has not been briefed. I know folks have asked, you know, if he has been briefed via the PDB or otherwise on any classified materials. That — I can say, as a general matter — we just don’t get into information included in the President’s classified materials — this is what this would be considered — or daily briefings on sensitive national security or intelligence matters. This is ODNI — a decision that they’ve
Q Good afternoon.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Thank you. All right, today the Vice President and the Second Gentleman visited NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to attend the launch of the Artemis I mission. Despite the launch being pulled down, we look forward to it happening when NASA says all systems are ready.
While at the Kennedy Space Center, the Vice President and Second Gentleman met with STEM students, astronauts, and workers building the crew modules for Artemis II, which will be the first crewed Artemis mission, and Artemis III, which will return American astronauts to the Moon, including the first woman and person of color.
As you may have seen, today we announced that the Biden Harris administration will host the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health on September 28th in Washington, D.C.
As the President said a few months ago, this will be the first conference of this kind in more than 50 years. The conference will bring together government leaders, academics, activists, and Americans from all walks of life to achieve the goal of ending hunger and reducing diet-related diseases in the U.S. by 2030. A key additional focus will be reducing disparities among the communities who are impacted the most by these issues.
At the conference, we will announce a national strategy that identifies actions the government will take to encourage the public and private sectors to drive transformative change and address the intersections between food, hunger, nutrition, and health.
With that, Zeke, you want to take it away?
Q Thanks, Karine. Over the weekend, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said they were conducting a risk assessment of the classified documents found at former President Trump’s home in Florida. Does the President intend to get briefed on — on that risk assessment once it’s completed?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, look, we have seen the letter from ODNI to Congress on this, but I would refer you to either ODNI or the Justice Department by any specific questions on this.
As we have said, this involves material that is part of an ongoing criminal investigation, and we just aren’t going to comment on that at this time. I hear your question; we just don’t — we’re not going to say anything at this time while the investigation is going on.
Q This is about the President’s actions, not what they’re doing there. So does he — you can’t say whether or not he’ll be briefed on —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Well, I can say that he has not been briefed. I know folks have asked, you know, if he has been briefed via the PDB or otherwise on any classified materials. That — I can say, as a general matter — we just don’t get into information included in the President’s classified materials — this is what this would be considered — or daily briefings on sensitive national security or intelligence matters. This is ODNI — a decision that they’ve