Week 50
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Saturday, January 1 | - Joe Biden begins his first full year as President
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Week 51
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Friday, January 7 | - President Biden travelled to see the aftermath of the recent Colorado wildfire and met with those impacted.[3]
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Saturday, January 8 | - President Biden spoke at the memorial service of Former Majority Leader, Nevada Senator Harry Reid.[4]
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Week 53
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Wednesday, January 19 | - During a news conference, President Biden talks about the Russo-Ukrainian crisis and mentions the possibility of a "minor incursion" by Russia.[9]
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Thursday, January 20 | - President Biden completes his first year in office.
- Following criticism by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba on President Biden's comments he made Wednesday, Biden and press secretary Jen Psaki say Russian units moving across the Ukrainian border would be an invasion and would result in an economic response.[10] [11]
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Friday, January 21 | - President Biden holds a virtual bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.[12]
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Week 54
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Thursday, January 27 | - Senior Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announces his retirement from the Supreme Court, effective June 2022.[13]
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Week 55
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Monday, January 31 | - President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar at the White House.[15]
- The Biden administration said that it began deporting Venezuelan migrants to Colombia without a chance to seek asylum after entering the United States from Mexico.[16]
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Week 55
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Tuesday, February 1 |
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Wednesday, February 2 | - President Biden announces that he would be sending approximately 2,000 troops from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Poland and Germany in early February and sending part of an infantry Stryker squadron of about 1,000 troops based in Germany to Romania.[19]
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Thursday, February 3 | - President Biden confirms that ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi detonated an explosive vest in a confrontation with American troops in northwest Syria, killing himself and 12 other people, including members of his own family.[20]
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Week 56
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Wednesday, February 9 |
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Friday, February 11 |
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Saturday, February 12 | - President Biden speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin for 62 minutes, telling him that an invasion of Ukraine would result in "swift and severe costs".[52] [53]
- The United States Department of State orders all employees of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine to leave the country.[54] [55]
- United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin orders all U.S. military personnel to leave Ukraine and reposition themselves in other areas of Europe.[56]
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Sunday, February 13 | - President Biden speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, assuring him that if Russia were to invade Ukraine the United States would respond "swiftly and decisively". President Zelenskyy asks for increased financial and military aid in addition to inviting President Biden to visit Ukraine.[57] [58]
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Week 57
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Monday, February 14 |
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Tuesday, February 15 |
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Wednesday, February 16 |
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Thursday, February 17 | - President Biden says to reporters that Russia will invade Ukraine "within a few days" while he left for a trip in Ohio.[68]
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Friday, February 18 | - One day after his trip to Ohio, Biden provides an update in the Roosevelt Room about the situation between Russia and Ukraine.[69]
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Week 58
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Monday, February 21 | - President Biden signs an executive order to prohibit investment between U.S. individuals and the two breakaway regions of Eastern Ukraine (which was recognized as independent by Russia on the same day).[70]
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Tuesday, February 22 | - President Biden announces the United States response to Russia invading Ukraine.[71]
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Wednesday, February 23 | | |
Thursday, February 24 | - President Biden condemns Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying Russian president Vladimir Putin "chose this war" and announcing new sanctions against Russia.[72]
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Week 59
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Friday, March 4 | - President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö at the White House. During the meeting, President Biden made a phone call with Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson.[76]
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Week 60
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Tuesday, March 8 |
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Wednesday, March 9 |
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Thursday, March 10 | - President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez at the White House.[81]
- Vice President Harris begins her trip to Poland and Romania.[82]
- Vice President Harris holds a joint press conference with President of Poland Andrzej Duda.[83]
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Friday, March 11 | - Vice President Harris holds a joint press conference with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis.[84]
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Week 61
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Tuesday, March 15 |
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Wednesday, March 16 | - President Biden delivers remarks about Volodymyr Zelenskyy's speech and U.S. military aid in Ukraine.[87]
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Thursday, March 17 |
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Friday, March 18 | - President Biden holds a virtual bilateral meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.[89]
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Saturday, March 19 | | |
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Week 62
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Monday, March 21 | - President Biden gives a proclamation on Greek Independence Day.[90]
- President Biden gives a statement that Russia has the potential to plant cyberattacks in the US.[91]
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Tuesday, March 22 | - White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tests positive for COVID-19 again.[92]
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Wednesday, March 23 |
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Thursday, March 24 | - President Biden releases a statement on the death of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.[94]
- President Biden attends an extraordinary NATO summit and meets with multiple world leaders.
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Friday, March 25 |
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Saturday, March 26 | - President Biden delivers an address in front of Warsaw's Royal Castle regarding the efforts to support Ukraine. Most notably, Biden said that Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power" and he called him a "brutal dictator".[96]
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Week 63
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Monday, March 28 | - President Biden submits a $5.79 trillion plan that calls for Congress to provide military and financial aid to Ukraine.[97]
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Tuesday, March 29 |
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Wednesday, March 30 | - The Biden administration announces the launch of COVID.gov, a website that helps citizens access vaccines and treatments for COVID-19.[100]
- President Biden receives his second COVID-19 booster shot and warns that the U.S. will not have enough vaccines to ensure free access for all Americans by fall if Congress does not approve $22.5 billion in additional funding.[101]
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Thursday, March 31 | - President Biden orders the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation's petroleum reserve every day for six months. Biden will also call on Congress to impose financial penalties on oil and gas companies that lease public land without producing energy.[102]
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