Kamala Harris As Vice President Further Cements US-India Ties: White House Kamala Harris As Vice President Further Cements US-India Ties: White House Addressing reporters at her daily news conference on Thursday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said President Biden respects the long bipartisan successful relationship between the two countries.
Updated: January 22, 2021 12:07 pm IST
Kamala Harris was sworn in as the 1st woman and the 1st Indian-American to serve as US Vice President
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The historic inauguration of Kamala Harris as America s vice president has further cemented the importance of the relationship between the United States and India, according to a top White House official.
Indian-origin Kamala Harris was on Wednesday sworn in as America s first woman Vice President during a historic inauguration at the West Front of the Capitol. Harris, 56, the 49th US Vice President, will serve as the deputy of President Joe Biden, 78, who also took the oath of office, becoming the 46th US President. Harris took over the office of the US Vice President from 61-year-old Mike Pence. Biden succeeded President Donald Trump, 74. Harris, the daughter of an Indian immigrant from Chennai, scripted history by becoming the first-ever woman Vice President of the United States. She is also the first female, first Black and first South Asian American vice president.
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And, Kamal Harris will be the first African American and India-origin person to occupy the second most powerful position in the US Four years after he left the Beltway for his hometown in Delaware, Joe Biden returned to Washington DC a day before his swearing-in as the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday with the message of unity and the enormous task of healing a bitterly-divided country.
“I am honoured to be your next President and Commander in Chief,” Biden, 78, told his fellow Delawarians before boarding a private plane for Joint Air Force Base Andrews on his way to Washington DC. “I will always be a proud son of the state of Delaware,” he said.
Joe Biden to be Sworn in as 46th US President Today
Joe Biden noted that history is in the making as he will be sworn in as the President and Indian-origin Kamala Harris as the Vice President.
| 20 Jan 2021 5:29 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: President-elect Joe Biden is set to swear-in as the 46th President of the United States on January 20.
It is to be mentioned that Biden returned to Washington DC, four years after he left the Beltway for his hometown in Delaware.
Biden said, I am honoured to be your next President and Commander in Chief. I will always be a proud son of the state of Delaware.