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.
- 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 pictured with his wife, Maria, during a Memphis event in December. (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)
- Former Vice President Mike Pence greets Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland (left) at a 2020 event. Strickland has said he will run for a third term if a charter amendment permitting third terms passes in the Aug. 4, 2022 election. (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)
- Robert Redfield, CDC Director during a roundtable discussion with Mike Pence and others 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 arrives on Air Force Two at 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)
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