Manchin courtship: WVa senator joins Jill Biden at clinic
JOHN RABY, Associated Press
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1of9First lady Jill Biden waves as she walks to board an aircraft at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, May 13, 2021. Biden is traveling to West Virginia. (Oliver Contreras/The New York Times via AP, Pool)Oliver Contreras/APShow MoreShow Less
2of9First lady Jill Biden talks to a student who received her coronavirus vaccination Thursday, May 13, 2021, at Capital High School in Charleston, W.Va. (Kenny Kemp/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)Kenny/APShow MoreShow Less
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4of9First lady Jill Biden arrives in Charleston, W.Va., Thursday, May 13, 2021. (Oliver Contreras/The New York Times via AP, Pool)Oliver Contreras/APShow MoreShow Less
America unmasks: Joe and Kamala take all the credit as they finally announce it s time to ditch the masks, shake hands and even HUG each other if you ve had your shots
Biden said those who are fully vaccinated are allowed to take their masks off, hug and shake hands You ve earned the right to do something that Americans are known for all around the world, greeting others with a smile, President Biden said
In West Virginia, Jill Biden did just that and she stepped off her plane maskless and was greeted by Jennifer Garner We feel naked, the first lady said about not wearing one. Then she paused. I didn t mean it that way!
Gayle Manchin Great Choice for Commission
May 13, 2021
Newly appointed Appalachian Regional Commission co-chair Gayle Manchin has an ambitious agenda for the group including seeking federal funding for broadband, highway expansion and opioid addiction programs
As a native West Virginian and the first Mountain State resident to serve as an ARC co-chair– the other co-chair is Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia she is well suited to achieve her goals. She understands the issues we face here in West Virginia limited broadband, access to health care and of course the opioid scourge are common themes throughout the ARC’s 13 states.
“I would really like to showcase the ARC and show how it can pull people together to meet common challenges and issues, and find solutions to those problems. I hope we can do that,” Manchin said.
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Manchin is the politico of the moment in Washington: The moderate Democrat from West Virginia holds the make-or-break vote for administration policies in the evenly divided U.S. Senate. Gayle Manchin is the Senate-confirmed co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission.
Greeting them at the airport: Garner, a Save the Children ambassador who grew up in Charleston, and Mark Shriver, the Kennedy cousin who is president of Save the Children Action Network, which advocates for humanitarian aid to children experiencing poverty in the U.S. and around the world.
“Today is a great day for America,” President Joe Biden said during a Rose Garden address heralding the new mask guidance.
Gayle Manchin
BETHANY Former West Virginia first lady Gayle Manchin is now at the helm as federal co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission.
She said she now will lead the commission to seek federal funding for such items as broadband, highway expansion and opioid addiction programs for Appalachia. And she wants the ARC board to work together and prove an example of how government officials can work together to achieve the common good.
Manchin the wife of former governor and current U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia was sworn in last week to her post, and will serve as the 13th federal co-chair of the ARC. She is the first ARC co-chair to hail from the Mountain State.