Jill Biden hosts watch party for masked-up Tokyo embassy staff thanking them for arranging Olympics trip amid COVID spike before returning to the Games to watch swimming, women s basketball and soccer
First lady Jill Biden held an Olympics watch party Saturday for embassy staff at the Tokyo ambassador s residence as a thank you for helping set up her trip I know how much goes into visits like these, especially with COVID, she told the 50 foreign service workers gathered to see Team USA softball play Mexico
The event followed strict COVID protocols, with attendees wearing masks - some decorated with American flags - and seats of two spread about six feet apart
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THE PENTAGON – The Senate Armed Services Committee Fiscal Year 2022 authorization bill adds an additional destroyer, a Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport and five more F-35C Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters for the Navy, according to a summary of the markup issued on Thursday by the SASC.
The additions are part of a $740.3 billion authorization bill that’s $25 billion more than the Pentagon’s initial budget request from late May.
The bill from the Democrat-led SASC is a major break from the White House’s defense plan, which kept the Pentagon’s topline flat compared to the FY 2021 budget.
Olympics 2021: Jill Biden arrives in Tokyo, meets prime minister
By Mark Thiessen and Darlene Superville
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Americans to watch at the Tokyo Olympics
This year’s American Olympic team, comprised of familiar faces and some newcomers, will try to add to Team USA’s impressive and world-leading medal count.
TOKYO - Jill Biden embarked on her first solo international trip as first lady, leading a U.S. delegation to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, where the coronavirus is surging and COVID-19 infections have climbed to a six-month high.
She arrived in Tokyo on Thursday, and her schedule includes dinner with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his wife, Mariko Suga, at Akasaka Palace. She is to return to the palace Friday and be hosted by Mariko Suga.
Jill Biden meets Japanese Emperor Naruhito: First lady dons a mask for reception at the Imperial Palace with Macron and Prince Albert of Monaco before the Olympics opening ceremony
First lady Jill Biden returned to the Akasaka Palace Friday morning to spend time with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga s wife Mariko
Mariko Suga had prepared an incense workshop for Dr. Biden, where the first lady would smell difference fragrances and put together a small scented satchel
Both women wore masks due to the rise in COVID-19 cases - but appeared sans shoes, as is culturally appropriate
Doing more diplomatic work Friday afternoon, Biden arrived at the Imperial Palace for a meet-and-greet with Japan s Emperor Naruhito