Joe Biden

Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland

March 29, 2024

The President's Travel Plans

Q. Mr. President, when will you visit Baltimore?

The President. Beg your pardon?

Q. When will you visit Baltimore?.

The President. I'm going to Baltimore next week with the Governor.

Russia's Detention of U.S. Citizen Evan Gershkovich

Q. Do you have a message for Evan Gershkovich and his family today, sir?

The President. Yes, we admire the hell out of him. We've tried everything we can so far to put him on a plane. And we're not going to give up.

NOTE: The President spoke at 1:58 p.m. prior to boarding Air Force One en route to Camp David, MD. In his remarks, he referred to Gov. Westley W.O. "Wes" Moore of Maryland; and Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was arrested by Russian authorities on March 29, 2023. A portion of these remarks could not be verified because the audio was incomplete.

Joseph R. Biden, Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/371039

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