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Touring the Border, Harris Asked Questions, and Had Few Answer

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s Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday made her first visit to the southern border since she took office, hitting back at Republican criticism and meeting with advocates who pushed her on why the Biden administration had not yet ended restrictive Trump-era policies on migration. “We can take all of these perspectives into account and have meaningful good public policy if we just stop the rhetoric,” Ms. Harris told reporters after a four-hour visit to El Paso. “You can’t just react to a problem without solving it at its roots. Let’s just agree to that.” During her trip, she confronted an issue that has bedeviled the administration for months and is now tied to her own political future after President Biden put her in charge of addressing the root causes of migration. But for all of the questions she took from reporters, immigration advocates and even a group of detained migrant children — whom she met behind closed doors — the vice president had few answers. In one private meet...

Pence, Diverging From Trump, Says He Was ‘Proud’ to Certify Election

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Speaking at the Lincoln-Reagan Dinner in Manchester, N.H., this month, Mr. Pence admitted that he and Mr. Trump might never see eye to eye about the Capitol riot. Former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday night made his most forceful attempt yet to separate himself from his former boss, Donald J. Trump, on the issue of certifying the 2020 election results. Speaking at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., Mr. Pence defended the constitutionally mandated role he played in certifying the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6, when a violent mob of Trump loyalists — some chanting “Hang Mike Pence” — stormed the Capitol while the president did nothing for hours to stop them. #vicepresident #riot #speaking #beproud #manchester #night #capitol #election #president #trump #mikepence #vice #speak

In photos: Vice President Kamala Harris heads to Guatemala and Mexico

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Vice President Kamala Harris disembarks Air Force Two in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on Sunday, June 6, during her first foreign trip in office. Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting Guatemala and Mexico for her first foreign trip as vice president as part of her role leading diplomatic efforts to stem the flow of migration from Central America. The Biden administration is under ongoing political pressure to stem the tide of migrants at the US southern border, and Harris is facing the first major diplomatic test of her vice presidency. Harris is expected to focus on economic development, climate, and food insecurity, women and young people during her trip to the region, according to her staff. On Monday, the vice president met with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei. The Vice President also met with Guatemalan community leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs as well as greet and thank US embassy staff. She then traveled to Mexico on Tuesday for a meeting with Mexican Presiden...

Harris is 1st woman to make Naval Academy commencement speech: 'Our world is fragile'

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Vice President Kamala Harris made history once again on Friday as the first woman to deliver the commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy, telling graduates the country faces a "significant tur…#harris #kamalaharris #vicepresident #vice #speech #academy #woman #historic #kamala #graduate https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/harris-1st-woman-make-naval-academy-commencement-address/story?id=77962568