Harry Reid: Biden, Pelosi, Schumer and Obama to attend Nevada memorial
The life of the former Senate majority leader Harry Reid will be celebrated by two presidents and other Democratic leaders in Las Vegas on Saturday.
President Joe Biden, the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, and Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, are scheduled to speak on Saturday at an invitation-only memorial for the longtime Senate leader who died on 28 December at home in Henderson, Nevada, at 82 and of complications from pancreatic cancer.
Barack Obama, who credits Reid for his rise to the White House, is scheduled to deliver the eulogy.
“The president believes Harry Reid is one of the greatest leaders in Senate history,” Karine Jean-Pierre, a deputy White House press secretary, said on Friday. “So he is traveling to pay his respects to a man who had a profound impact on this nation.”
Biden served for two decades with Reid in the Senate and worked with him for eight years as vice-president.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/08/harry-reid-biden-pelosi-schumer-obama-nevada-memorial-carole-king-brandon-flowers
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