The Final State of the Union
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Summary:
The Vice President travels to Kenya at a pivotal moment--just weeks before a major constitutional referendum. View photos or watch a video of the joint press conference.
Vice President Joe Biden walks with President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga during a visit to the State House in Nairobi, Kenya. June 8, 2010. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)
The Vice President was in Kenya today at a pivotal moment--just weeks before a major constitutional referendum. Earlier this morning he met jointly with Kenya's President and Prime Minister to encourage their active support for reform (Watch their statement to the press after the meeting here). He also stopped by Kenya's Parliament to meet privately with the Speaker, as well as the Reform Caucus. Both the Vice President and Dr. Biden visited the August 7th Memorial Park to lay a wreath in memory of the more than 200 people killed by the 1998 embassy bombing in Nairobi.
Next up--The Vice President gives a major speech on Wednesday on U.S.-Kenyan relations at the Kenyatta International Conference Center.
Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden lay a wreath on the memorial stone during a visit to the August 7 Memorial park which memorializes those who were killed or injured in the 1998 embassy bombings in Nairobi, Kenya. June 8, 2010. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)
Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden trace their hands during a visit to the August 7 Memorial park which memorializes those who were killed or injured in the 1998 embassy bombings in Nairobi, Kenya. June 8, 2010. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)
Vice President Joe Biden meets with the reform caucus of parliamentarians in the library at the parliament building in Nairobi, Kenya. June 8, 2010. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)
Elizabeth Alexander is Press Secretary to the Vice President
