Focusing on protecting our citizens. Giving them the health care that they need and aspiring as well to mitigating the impact on our economy as much as possible. At least to the extent that we manage this is best as we can doing the best we possibly can here this is something thats been confirmed by everyone involved answer germany. Is in a good team with the other Member States if you like before that we had a Video Conference between president adly one person. Boris johnson and myself where we discussed the situation in syria. I believe this was a very useful talk we looked at the humanitarian situation in libya and the options to offer a hear what germany has here mark spitz. 25 plus 1000000 euros for humanitarian aid this is money that we want to see turning into aid that reach people quickly we very much welcome a temporary cease fire and the turkish president talked was about the common patrols along this for transport. Infrastructure near it but we have also encouraged the polit
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Trends and perfect pictures. We have four copies of the originals of the portraits in the white house collection and hang in the east room. If you will note, these are completely brandnew reproductions that were done with the assistance of the White House Historical association beginning with the most famous of them all, the father of the country, George Washington. [applause] it is now a complete renovation down to complete historical detail. Really i cannot even begin to tell you how much better looking that is than just a month ago. It would not be complete without at the same time his partner in the white house as he was father father of theas country, the mother of the country, Martha Washington on my immediate right. [applause] to her left is the one and only, from ohio i might add, William Mckinley. Im going to leave it to our guest speaker bill allman, curator of the white house for so many years, to tell us why William Mckinley is in the east room. But he is in the east room a