Here's a pool report from providing details on the Vice President and Dr. Jill Biden's event at the Naval Observatory for breast cancer survivors.
Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden hosted an event honoring breast cancer survivors and the work of the Komen Foundation Friday evening at the Vice President's residence.
About 200 guests--including survivors and supporters-- gathered at the event inside a tent decked out in pink to honor the cause.
VPOTUS wearing a cotton candy-colored pink shirt, discussed how "We all have a serious, serious investment" to finding a cure for breast cancer.
"We all know how much work is left to be done," he said. " I'm very hopeful that it's going to get done...We have a simple straight forward goal and that is to make reality the cure for breast cancer."
In his remarks, Biden quoted his mother who once told him, "Out of everything terrible something good will happen if you look hard enough."
In her remarks, second lady Jill Biden later added, "All of us know that early detection can make all the difference....All of us must be part of the race to find a cure."
The Today Show's Hoda Kotb, a breast cancer survivor, also spoke at the event.
Prior to the start of the night, she told your pooler: "If you survive breast cancer, You get four words... 'You can't scare me. Those four words are so powerful.'"
Kotb explained that if she hadn't survived breast cancer, she never would have had the nerve to ask NBC President Jeff Zucker for a job on the Today Show. "It's funny that something terrible can give you something good."
Komen founder and CEO Nancy Brinker, whom Biden called "an inspiration," also spoke at the event.
Spotted in the crowd: White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, Chief of Staff to first lady Michelle Obama Tina Tchen, Attorney General Eric Holder and outgoing Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and his wife Mona, (who just finished up her job at Komen on Friday) VPOTUS's daughter Ashley, and NBC's Andrea Mitchell.
Dr. Jill Biden, Ambassador Nancy Brinker, and Hoda Kotb also delivered remarks at the reception.
The annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure was held last weekend, June 4th, on the National Mall.
Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden hosted an event honoring breast cancer survivors and the work of the Komen Foundation Friday evening at the Vice President's residence.
About 200 guests--including survivors and supporters-- gathered at the event inside a tent decked out in pink to honor the cause.
VPOTUS wearing a cotton candy-colored pink shirt, discussed how "We all have a serious, serious investment" to finding a cure for breast cancer.
"We all know how much work is left to be done," he said. " I'm very hopeful that it's going to get done...We have a simple straight forward goal and that is to make reality the cure for breast cancer."
In his remarks, Biden quoted his mother who once told him, "Out of everything terrible something good will happen if you look hard enough."
In her remarks, second lady Jill Biden later added, "All of us know that early detection can make all the difference....All of us must be part of the race to find a cure."
The Today Show's Hoda Kotb, a breast cancer survivor, also spoke at the event.
Prior to the start of the night, she told your pooler: "If you survive breast cancer, You get four words... 'You can't scare me. Those four words are so powerful.'"
Kotb explained that if she hadn't survived breast cancer, she never would have had the nerve to ask NBC President Jeff Zucker for a job on the Today Show. "It's funny that something terrible can give you something good."
Komen founder and CEO Nancy Brinker, whom Biden called "an inspiration," also spoke at the event.
Spotted in the crowd: White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, Chief of Staff to first lady Michelle Obama Tina Tchen, Attorney General Eric Holder and outgoing Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and his wife Mona, (who just finished up her job at Komen on Friday) VPOTUS's daughter Ashley, and NBC's Andrea Mitchell.
Dr. Jill Biden, Ambassador Nancy Brinker, and Hoda Kotb also delivered remarks at the reception.
The annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure was held last weekend, June 4th, on the National Mall.
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