Biden says inaction on infrastructure "simply is not an option"
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Washington — President Biden promoted the American Jobs Plan, his $2 trillion infrastructure package, in remarks on Wednesday, arguing that the definition of infrastructure is "evolving" and defending his proposal to raise the corporate tax rate to pay for it.
The president reiterated his willingness to work on a bipartisan basis to improve the plan he has laid out, saying he and the vice president would meet with lawmakers of both parties and "be open to good ideas and good faith negotiations." "We will not be open to doing nothing. Inaction simply is not an option," Mr. Biden said.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.