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KIAWAH ISLAND —Last On Wednesday, President Joe Biden arrived in South Carolina on Wednesday and spent most of the next week at Kaiwa Island, an oceanfront golf resort he has visited in the past.
Greeted by hundreds of people, mostly supporters, the streets were lined with American flags and other signs, some of them critics. 17} Kiawah's Ocean Course is where Phil Mickelson won the PGA Championship in 2021 and the USA team beat Europe in the 1991 Ryder Cup.
Biden has spent many weekends at his home on the beach in Wilmington and Rehoboth, Delaware, but he has been on the sidelines since taking office in January 2021. He has not been to Kaiwa Island.
As Vice President, he was a regular visitor to an island south of Charleston.
Biden was staying at a home on the island with First Lady Jill Biden and his other family members.
Biden, 79, had just recovered from a COVID-19 attack and still had a lingering cough as of Tuesday.
Past presidents have traditionally held press conferences before leaving on his August vacation, but Mr. Biden did not this time.
Before his departure he signed his PACT Act. This expands Veterans Administration medical care and benefits to veterans exposed to toxic substances in burn scars and elsewhere.
Mr. Biden has pushed Washington forward after a string of recent legislative successes, including a bill he signed on Tuesday aimed at boosting the U.S. semiconductor industry. gone.
Despite the victory, Democrats are embroiled in debate over whether Biden should seek re-election in 2024 or rely on a younger candidate to lead the party going forward.
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White House Press Secretary Carine Jean-Pierre reiterated on Tuesday that Biden will serve another four-year term in 2024.
Jean-Pierre told reporters. In response, Biden said he had not been given a heads-up before the FBI conducted a raid on Monday in Palm Beach, Florida, the home of his predecessor, Republican Donald Trump. (Reporting by Steve Holland, Editing by Bradley Perrett)
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