Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff will lead U.S. delegation to attend inauguration of South Korea's president
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff will travel to Seoul on Sunday, leading the U.S. delegation to next week’s inauguration of South Korea’s incoming president, Yoon Suk-yeol, a White House official said.
The trip is Emhoff’s first to a foreign inauguration and third foreign excursion since his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, took office in January 2021. Emhoff led a delegation to Tokyo in August, representing U.S. leadership at the Paralympic Games.
The inauguration is Tuesday. The delegation also includes Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, Rep. Ami Bera , Rep. Marilyn Strickland and several diplomats. South Korea is an important U.S. ally and security partner. It shares a border with North Korea, an unpredictable adversary with a nuclear weapons program. President Biden is scheduled to visit South Korea and Japan later this month.
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