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Joe Biden thanked conference organizers before asking, "Jackie, are you there? Where's Jackie?"

Jackie Walorski, a Republican congresswoman who had sponsored the summit, died in early August. The White House then issued a statement in which Joe Biden said he and his wife Jill were "shocked and saddened" after the news of his death.


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