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White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - In town pool note #5 - POTUS Iran update
POTUS started to speak at 11:48am after the blessing from the chaplain . Trump started by addressing the war in Iran saying the regime had posed a “clear colossal threat” due to its ballistic missile programmes. He called it an “intolerable threat to the Middle East “ and the “American people “
James Politi
Financial Times
Mon. Mar. 2, 11:51 AM
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2028528798254223418
White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - In town pool report #4 - POTUS enters and speaks
POTUS entered the East Room at 11:46am . The Medal of Honor ceremony is being livestreamed by the White House .
Dozens of guests are in attendance : the pool spotted General Dan Caine , chairman of the Joint chiefs of Staff , Pete Hegseth, defense secretary , VA secretary Doug Collins and Army secretary Dan Driscoll . Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff is also in the room . Wiles and Caine spoke to each other before the event began .
The Medal of Honor flag - with 13 white stars representing the original colonies set against a blue background - is displayed to the left looking at the podium . Light music - including the tune of “somewhere over the rainbow “ was playing throughout the room before the ceremony .
H/T to fellow print pooler Reagan Reese of the Daily Caller for helping spot the attendees.
James Politi
Financial Times
Mon. Mar. 2, 11:47 AM
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2028528481982673301
White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - In town pool note #3 : Gathering for medal of honor ceremony
Pool is gathering: POTUS will award the medal of honor to three individuals during the East Room ceremony. It is the nation's highest medal for valor in combat. He will also address US military operations in Iran, the White House said.
The honorees are:
Master Sergeant Roderick Edmonds (posthumously), who led a group of US prisoners of war during World War II to resist Nazi demands, while warning the German guards that they needed to respect the Geneva convention.
Command Sergeant Major Terry Richardson, a platoon leader during the Vietnam War. He saved dozens of US troops by calling in tactical air strikes against the North Vietnamese Army that was attacking them, and continued for hours despite being shot in the leg.
Staff Sergeant Michael Ollis (posthumously) who came under attack at a forward operating base in Afghanistan and protected a Polish coalition forces officer during their defence of the perimeter, but was mortally wounded when the insurgent's suicide vest detonated.
Here is the US Army's press release about the honorees..
James Politi
Financial Times
Mon. Mar. 2, 10:50 AM
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2028528118915362818
White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - In-town pool note #2
In response to a question from your pooler, the White House says POTUS is expected to address the Iran military operation during the upcoming medal of honor ceremony due to start at 11am.
James Politi
Financial Times
Mon. Mar. 2, 10:45 AM
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2028497855858528488
Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly - Punch first little wave
https://x.com/itsme_urstruly/status/2028577759791091839
Wide Awake Media @wideawake_media - Video: UN officials have warned that the United Nations faces total financial collapse as a result of "non-payment of dues by member states".
"We face a real danger of running out of money."
>>/24331713/ pb
https://x.com/wideawake_media/status/2028401586616009107
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