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The
White House • August 24, 2018
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The Day Ahead
President Donald J. Trump
and the First Lady will tour Nationwide Children’s Hospital in
Columbus, Ohio.
The smallest
victims of the Crisis Next Door
The opioids crisis touches
Americans from all walks of life, responsible for more deaths than
either car accidents or gun violence last year. Addiction tears up
families everywhere from inner cities along the coasts to rural
communities in the heartland.
Some of its victims are the
smallest, most vulnerable among us. From 2000 to 2012, America saw
a five-fold increase in the share of babies born with Neonatal
Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)—equivalent to one baby suffering from
opiate withdrawal born every 25 minutes, according to the National
Institute on Drug Abuse.
Last year, 198 babies were
admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit at Nationwide
Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, for NAS. Today, President
Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will tour that facility,
discussing the Administration’s three-part plan to halt the
opioid crisis.
The First Lady’s “Be
Best” initiative also takes aim at NAS, educating parents on the
importance of healthy pregnancies. Last year, the First Lady
visited Lily’s Place in West Virginia, where addiction recovery
treatment is available to entire families.
See how President Trump is
mobilizing our government to end the opioid crisis.
More: Get the latest on
First Lady Melania Trump’s “Be Best” initiative.
An update on
Hurricane Lane
FEMA is working alongside
multiple partners to actively support Hawaii’s efforts as they
respond to the potentially devastating impacts of Hurricane Lane.
Hurricane Lane is a
Category 3 storm and continues to move westward across the Central
Pacific with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph, according to the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Hurricane watches
and warnings have been issued for parts of Hawaii.
President Trump urges all
Hawaiians to follow the direction of state and local officials,
including evacuation orders when given. Local residents are
encouraged to visit Ready.gov/hawaii or the Hawaii Emergency
Management Agency for more information.
Read the President’s
Emergency Declaration for Hawaii.
‘I was an
astronaut. We need a Space Force.’
“For more than 50 years,
this storied center has been at the forefront of America’s
journey to the stars,” Vice President Mike Pence told NASA
employees yesterday in a visit to Johnson Space Center in Houston,
Texas. “Here, from the Mission Control Center, you have guided
every American-crewed space expedition since 1965.”
“The United States Space
Force, we believe, is an idea whose time has come,” the Vice
President said. Terry Virts, a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel who
served as Commander of the International Space Station, agrees.
“It’s hard to overstate the importance of space in our
military operations and civilian life,” Virts writes in The
Washington Post this week.
“China and Russia have
made it clear they are not willing to accept the status quo.”
“I was an astronaut. We
need a Space Force.”
Watch: “America will lead
mankind to the stars once again,” the VP says.
Photo of the
Day
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Official White
House Photo by D. Myles Cullen
Vice President Mike Pence
speaks with astronauts training at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab (NBL)
at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston | August 23, 2018
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