
Vice-President Mike Pence was in Memphis Thursday for a roundtable discussion of Operation Warp Speed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine distribution program and Tennessee’s plan to operationalize vaccinations once approved.
Gov. Bill Lee and First Lady Maria Lee greeted Pence at Memphis International Airport.
The roundtable was held in Air National Guard 164th Airlift Wing hangar. Presenters included Fred Smith, founder of FedEx Corp., which is based in Memphis and is expected to ship vaccines.
Photojournalist Karen Pulfer Focht was on hand to capture the event.
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Vice President Mike Pence arrives at an Air National Guard hangar at Memphis International Airport in Memphis, Tennessee on Thursday Dec. 3, 2020. He was accompanied by Robert Redfield, CDC Director (rt) and Alex Azar, Health and Human Services Director (left) (Photo by © Karen Pulfer Focht)

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee participated in a roundtable discussion with Vice President Mike Pence in an Air National Guard hangar at Memphis International Airport in Memphis, Tennessee on Thursday Dec. 3, 2020. At right was his wife, Maria. (Photo by © Karen Pulfer Focht)

Gov. Bill Lee and First Lady Maria Lee greet Vice President Mike Pence Dec. 4 in Memphis at an event to discuss distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo: Karen Pulfer Focht)

Vice President Mike Pence greets Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland (left) before a roundtable discussion in an Air National Guard hangar at Memphis International Airport in Memphis, Tennessee on Thursday Dec. 3, 2020. At right was FED EX Founder Fred Smith. (Photo by © Karen Pulfer Focht)

Vice President Mike Pence said Tennessee has one of the most comprehensive distribution plans in America during a roundtable discussion in an Air National Guard hangar at Memphis International Airport in Memphis, Tennessee on Thursday Dec. 3, 2020. (Photo by © Karen Pulfer Focht)

Fed Ex founder Fred Smith spoke during a roundtable discussion with Vice President Mike Pence in an Air National Guard hangar at Memphis International Airport in Memphis, Tennessee on Thursday Dec. 3, 2020. At right was FED EX Founder Fred Smith. (Photo by © Karen Pulfer Focht)

Fed Ex founder Fred Smith spoke during a roundtable discussion with Vice President Mike Pence in an Air National Guard hangar at Memphis International Airport in Memphis, Tennessee on Thursday Dec. 3, 2020. At right was FED EX Founder Fred Smith. (Photo by © Karen Pulfer Focht)

Vice President Mike Pence said Tennessee has one of the most comprehensive distribution plans in America during a roundtable discussion in an Air National Guard hangar at Memphis International Airport in Memphis, Tennessee on Thursday Dec. 3, 2020. At right was FED EX Founder Fred Smith. (Photo by © Karen Pulfer Focht)