“Gente, Sono entusiasta di dirti che il primo volo di Operation Fly Formula è caricato con più di 70,000 libbre di latte artificiale e sta per atterrare in Indiana,” President Biden tweeted Domenica. “Our team is working around the clock to get safe formula to everyone who needs it.”
The formula, pesatura 78,000 libbre, was being transported by military plane, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One as President Joe Biden flew from South Korea to Japan.
President Joe Biden speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Venerdì, Maggio 13, 2022, during an event to highlight state and local leaders who are investing American Rescue Plan funding. (AP Photo / Susan Walsh) (AP Photo / Susan Walsh)
The shipment was the first of several flights of formula approved by Biden that are headed to the U.S. from Europe. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was in Indianapolis on Sunday towelcome the baby formula negli Stati Uniti.
The White House has said 132 pallets of Nestlé Health Science Alfamino Infant and Alfamino Junior formula was to leave Ramstein Air Base in Germany for the U.S. Un altro 114 pallets of Gerber Good Start Extensive HA formula were expected to arrive in the coming days.
