Note: The reporter continued the numbering sequence which began late on December 1 as the President left Washington.
Travel Reports 1 through 3 can be found by clicking here
Pool Reports by Abigail Hauslohner, The Washington Post
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| December 2, 2024 08:59 CVT |
Out-of-town pool report #4 We are wheels down at 8:30am in Sal, Cabo Verde. The President departed Air Force One onto a bright and sunny tarmac at Amílcar Cabral International Airport at 8:36am local. He was greeted on the tarmac by a Cabo Verde delegation. The White House passed along these names: Ullises Correa e Silva, the Prime Minister of Cabo Verde He shook hands with the delegation and exchanged some words that were inaudible. He ignored a few shouted questions and got in the motorcade at 4:58am. It's 76 degrees, and we have a cloudless sky. Also, the White House has provided an updated list of those traveling with the President aboard Air Force One today: Annie Tomasini, Assistant to the President & Deputy Chief of Staff |
| December 2, 2024 09:11 CVT |
Out-of-town pool report #5 // Cabo Verde The President has gone into an airport lounge building just off the tarmac with the Cabo Verde delegation to hold his bilateral meeting at 9:05am. Pool is holding in the vans. Correction from last pool report: he got in the motorcade at 8:48am. (4:58am EST). |
| December 2, 2024 09:30 CVT |
Out-of-town pool report #6 // bilat details The White House sent along the following: The President is participating in a meeting with Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva of Cabo Verde. Cabo Verde is a model of stable democratic governance and, according to Freedom House rankings, is the freest country in all of Africa. Cabo Verde has been a consistent partner of the United States on global health, security, and other issues, and has also regularly condemned Russia's war against Ukraine. U.S. Delegation Cabo Verde Delegation |
| December 2, 2024 10:04 CVT |
Out of town pool report #7 // AF1 The President boarded AF1 in Cabo Verde at 9:59am. Once again he did not stop for questions. At the top of the stairs to the plane, he turned and waved. Before boarding, he posed for a photo with the U.S. Ambassador. The White House sends this along: Traveling with the President aboard Air Force One en route to Quatro de Fevereiro Luanda International Airport: Annie Tomasini, Assistant to the President & Deputy Chief of Staff |
| December 2, 2024 10:12 CVT |
Out of town pool report #8 // wheels up We are wheels up at 10:10am. En route to Luanda, Angola. |
| December 2, 2024 18:35 WAT |
Out of town pool report #9 // Luanda arrival **Apologies for any delays: cell service is very bad on the tarmac. The President exited AF1 at 6:31pm shortly after the sun went down. He stepped onto a red carpet, lined with an Angolan military honor guard clad in white gloves. He was greeted by a mixed American and Angolan delegation that included the U.S. Charges D'Affairs to Angola and Saõ Tome and Principe James Story, and officials from Angola's foreign ministry and the U.S. state department. He shook hands with the delegation. He walked down the red carpet flanked by the Angolan foreign minister and Amb. Story. A banner displayed on the airport terminal, 150 feet away, read "BEM VINDO A ANGOLA - WELCOME TO ANGOLA" with a picture of Biden's face and Angolan and American flags. (Pool was told there are a number of these— pictures of Biden's face superimposed over American and Angolan flags, and sometimes also besides Angolan President Lourenço's face— displayed around the city.) A crowd of more than 100 people— embassy staff and U.S. service members—stood along a terminal wall about 20 feet past the banner. Dozens of local press and television cameras. An American flag and an Angolan flag flew side by side atop the airport terminal. The crowd cheered when Biden approached, still flanked by the FM and Amb. to shake hands. The weather is steamy. |
| December 2, 2024 18:39 WAT |
Out of town pool report #10 // greeters details The White House sent along this: Greeting the President upon arrival to Quatro de Fevereiro Luanda International Airport: Ambassador Paula Isabel Castro, Director of Protocol of State |
| December 2, 2024 19:02 WAT |
Out of town pool report #11 // motorcade rolling Motorcade is rolling at 7:01pm. The president greeted US embassy families outside the terminal for about 20-25 minutes. Your pooler mostly could not see the president—view obstructed by motorcade vehicles—and the pool was loaded into the vans while he was still greeting people. |
| December 2, 2024 19:18 WAT |
Out of town pool report #12 // arrival to hotel The President arrived to his hotel at 7:10pm, after a 10 minute drive through Luanda. Crowds thronged the sidewalks along the route, waiting to see Biden. Some cheers heard as the motorcade passed. Pool did not see the President. He does not have anything else on his public schedule this evening. |
| December 2, 2024 19:20 WAT |
Out of town pool report #13 // LID LID. Have a good night |
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Pool Reports of December 2, 2024 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/375367