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As Biden visited the Walter Reed Military Medical Center to meet with wounded service members on Friday, the president reflected on the time he spent at the same hospital with his late son, Beau Biden. 

“You’ve been a great gift to my family,” Biden said to staff members, including the hospital’s director, Col. Andrew Barr.

“My son, Beau, after a year in Iraq came back with stage four glioblastoma,” he added. “You took care of him in his final days with great grace and dignity.” 

The president went on to speak about his experiences at the “old” Walter Reed and how much he loved the nurses. 

Biden also received a tour of the COVID-19 vaccination site at the hospital, which currently has 20 vaccination stations set up. 

The president walked from station to station and briefly chatted with people along the way. 

At the final station, Biden thanked the workers and chatted with one service member about to receive his first dose of the vaccine. 

“Thanks for what you’re doing. I really mean it,” the president said. “You're making a big difference. We’re going to make sure that everybody has enough. We’re going to get the supply up.” 

-ABC News’ Molly Nagle

Biden left for Walter Reed Military Medical Center Friday to visit wounded service members.

The president took his first trip on Marine One to visit Walter Reed and briefly took questions from reporters before he boarded the chopper.

Biden said that he was going to Walter Reed meet with service members there, as well as look at their vaccination distribution plan. He noted that he spent quite a bit of time at Walter Reed for his own treatment.

Biden also spoke of his economic rescue package, saying that he supports passing it “with support from Republicans if we can get it.” 

“But COVID relief has to pass,” he added. “No ifs, ands, or buts.”

The comments are the first from Biden opening the door to passing the measure however Democrats can, despite his preference for working with Republicans.

Biden departed the Oval Office with his wife, Jill Biden, and walked hand-in-hand with her before they both lowered their masks and share a quick kiss before he departed.

-ABC News' Molly Nagle

The State Department has confirmed that Rob Malley will return as the Biden administration’s Special Envoy for Iran. Malley served in the Obama and Clinton administrations, including as a key architect of Obama's 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

That's exactly why some GOP members advocated against his appointment, which 12 former Iranian hostages and human rights activists said "would send a chilling signal to the dictatorship in Iran that the United States is solely focused on re-entering the Iran nuclear deal and ignoring its regional terror and domestic crimes against humanity."

The State Department is pushing back on that, saying Malley will lead "a dedicated team, drawing from clear-eyed experts with a diversity of views," and bring "a track record of success negotiating constraints on Iran's nuclear program," according to spokesperson Ned Price. 

-ABC News’ Conor Finnegan

During brief remarks Friday, Biden shared his first reaction to news of Johnson & Johnson’s new COVID-19 vaccine. 

“I’m waiting to hear from my team on the details,” the president said. “I saw it was reported on the news this morning.” 

“I haven't had a chance to speak with Dr. Fauci,” he added. 

His comments came after a meeting to discuss the economy with his Vice President Kamala Harris and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. 

Biden claimed that economists left, right, and center agree this is a unique moment in the crisis as he touted his economic rescue package. 

"The cost of inaction is high, and it's growing every day," Biden said. "The choice couldn't be clearer. We have learned from past crises, the risk is not doing too much. The risk is not doing enough." 

The president emphasized that his plan will actually grow the economy -- in apparent response to GOP arguments that the minimum wage increases could hurt small businesses or that increasing the national debt could hamper the economy in the future. 

"Let's get this straight -- it's not only that people will be badly, badly hurt if we don't pass this package, not only in terms of increased death, in terms of poverty, a whole range of things. But, we will also be hurt long-term economically,” he said. “We need to make these investments so the economy can grow the remainder of this year and next year.” 

Yellen added what is becoming a common refrain for her, saying that, “The price of doing nothing is much higher than the price of doing something, and doing something big.” 

“The benefits of acting big will far outweigh the costs in the long run," Yellen added. 

-ABC News’ Sarah Kolinovsky