Air Force One with President Joe Biden arrives on board arrives at Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
It was a busy week for journalists in Utah, capped off with the first visit by President Joe Biden as commander in chief on Wednesday and Thursday. Here’s a look back at 15 of our favorite photographs by the Deseret News photojournalists during the presidential visit to Salt Lake City.
President Joe Biden waves toward the media as he arrives on Air Force One at Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
Local Utah media document the arrival of President Joe Biden as he arrives on Air Force One at Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base, in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
President Joe Biden looks over at Utah’s First Lady Abby Cox as they talk in his car after the president arrived on Air Force One at Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
Kathy Stidham waves her American flag as the presidential motorcade drives out of the Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. | Megan Nielsen, Deseret News
Michael Furgis holds an American flag over his shoulder as the presidential motorcade drives out of the Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. | Megan Nielsen, Deseret News
People watch as President Joe Biden arrives at Hotel Monaco in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
People hold “Bring Ridge Home” signs as a motorcade escorts President Joe Biden to the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, where he will deliver remarks, in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Tia Stokes dances as she holds a “Bring Ridge Home” sign and waits on 500 South for President Joe Biden’s motorcade to pass on the way to the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, where he will deliver remarks, in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. Stokes is Ridge Alkonis’ cousin. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
President Joe Biden gets emotional while speaking about the number of veterans who commit suicide while delivering remarks on the one-year anniversary of passage of the PACT Act, the most significant expansion of benefits and services for toxic exposed veterans and survivors in over 30 years, at the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the one-year anniversary of passage of the PACT Act, the most significant expansion of benefits and services for toxic exposed veterans and survivors in over 30 years, at the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News
President Joe Biden takes a photo with Emma Kate Cox, Gov. Spencer Cox and first lady Abby Cox after speaking at the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News
Heather Dulin, education program specialist at the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, reacts after speaking with President Joe Biden after he delivered remarks on the one-year anniversary of passage of the PACT Act, the most significant expansion of benefits and services for toxic exposed veterans and survivors in over 30 years, at the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News
President Joe Biden greets attendees after speaking on the one-year anniversary of passage of the PACT Act, the most significant expansion of benefits and services for toxic exposed veterans and survivors in over 30 years, at the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News
A motorcade escorts President Joe Biden on Foothill Drive in Salt Lake City, traveling from the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center to Park City, on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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