First lady Jill Biden will sit during the State of the Union with the Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S., the parents of Tyre Nichols and the man who last month wrestled the gun away from a shooting suspect in Monterey Park, California.
"President Biden has made clear that we must take action to prevent tragedies like this from ever happening again," White House officials said in an announcement.in last month's mass shooting in Monterey Park.
"Tsay is credited with preventing the gunman, who had killed 11 people and injured 10 others, from carrying out a second attack in Alhambra," the White House said. Oksana Markarova, the Ukrainian ambassador, will join Jill Biden in "recognition of sustained U.S. support for Ukraine nearly a year after Russia launched its unprovoked attack," the White House said.
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