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brush

(54,640 posts)
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 04:18 PM Mar 2024

Last night at the SOTU during Joe's long walk up to the podium the tall woman...

with the silver, helmet-like hair? She kept showing up right near Joe and often in the foreground on the TV screen. Wonder if she was security?

She was in so many of the shots.

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Last night at the SOTU during Joe's long walk up to the podium the tall woman... (Original Post) brush Mar 2024 OP
I was wondering that, too NJCher Mar 2024 #1
She must've been security. I thought she was tall as her head was at the same level as Joe's... brush Mar 2024 #8
I fugured she was part of his detail Attilatheblond Mar 2024 #2
Moi aussi! Mme. Defarge Mar 2024 #12
I noticed that, too, and would love to have that hairdo, but hubby likes my hair longer...so I please him.... CTyankee Mar 2024 #27
I wondered also - I was thinking security? walkingman Mar 2024 #3
I can only go vaguely by that description, but maybe Katherine Clark? Gore1FL Mar 2024 #4
Not Clark. cachukis Mar 2024 #7
Don't know her, but she has been there before. cachukis Mar 2024 #5
are you talking about Katherine Clark? jcgoldie Mar 2024 #6
I'm talking about during the walk-up to the podium. brush Mar 2024 #9
no, but Katherine Clark definitely NJCher Mar 2024 #10
Absolument! Mme. Defarge Mar 2024 #13
It wasn't Catherine Clark. Patterson Mar 2024 #23
We've Had This Discussion Before DET Mar 2024 #11
I was wondering who she was myself with the helmet hair and bulging eyes. nt doc03 Mar 2024 #14
Helmet hair and bulging eyes??? oregonjen Mar 2024 #19
Her eyes were the first thing I noticed mabe not bulging but but large I guess, doc03 Mar 2024 #20
definitely not bulging but moving constantly she radiated power nt yellowdogintexas Mar 2024 #26
Karen Gibson, senate sergeant at arms WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2024 #15
Ahhhh...thanks. brush Mar 2024 #17
Karen Gibson OneBlueDotS-Carolina Mar 2024 #16
Well I'd say she's definitely qualified...a former 3-Star general and all the other credentials. brush Mar 2024 #18
Very qualified... OneBlueDotS-Carolina Mar 2024 #22
I wondered that myself. There was something about her stance and Arkansas Granny Mar 2024 #21
Women have been serving in the SS... OneBlueDotS-Carolina Mar 2024 #25
I did notice her malaise Mar 2024 #24
She is security. She is really only 5'3" tall, she is wearing hollow fake legs full of guns and radio equipment. Chainfire Mar 2024 #28
She's his body guard WhiteTara Mar 2024 #29
No, the answer is in the thread...she's the Senate's Sargeant-at-Arms. brush Mar 2024 #30

NJCher

(36,168 posts)
1. I was wondering that, too
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 04:20 PM
Mar 2024

Last edited Fri Mar 8, 2024, 05:54 PM - Edit history (1)

she was e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e.

I didn't think she looked tall, though. She had a serious demeanor, that seemed to be enough.

on edit, so new readers to this thread know who we're talking about:

brush

(54,640 posts)
8. She must've been security. I thought she was tall as her head was at the same level as Joe's...
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 04:25 PM
Mar 2024

and he's 6'0".

Attilatheblond

(2,571 posts)
2. I fugured she was part of his detail
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 04:21 PM
Mar 2024

And regarding her hair, I would LOVE to find out, be able to afford, whoever gave her that great wash & wear hair cut.

CTyankee

(64,047 posts)
27. I noticed that, too, and would love to have that hairdo, but hubby likes my hair longer...so I please him....
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 05:31 PM
Mar 2024

NJCher

(36,168 posts)
10. no, but Katherine Clark definitely
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 04:28 PM
Mar 2024

has great hair! So did this security person, which I am sure she was because as I think back on it, her eyes were everywhere. You could just see how her mind was working, working, working.

on edit:

and speaking of security, Joe Biden's security detail is very well orchestrated, according to my neighbor who watched his appearance (I think it was Tues) from the 16th floor of his high-rise office building in Manhattan. He took videos and pictures with his phone and I was so blown away by how the security people think of everything. They had boats in the water, they had helicopters, they had a skazillion cops. It was a sea of cops, my friend said.

When they whisked him from the helicopter to the building, it happened so fast you could only see a blur.

I asked if I could post the pics here but he said no because he was thinking some security officer might come knocking at the door! LOL. I hardly think so, but hey, they're his pics, not mine. I was gobsmacked, as they say.

DET

(1,400 posts)
11. We've Had This Discussion Before
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 04:30 PM
Mar 2024

Shes been at other SOTU. But I can’t remember who she is. I would kill for that hair and cut. Gorgeous.

oregonjen

(3,367 posts)
19. Helmet hair and bulging eyes???
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 04:47 PM
Mar 2024

Can’t believe I’m reading that by a DU’er.

She has beautiful natural hair in a great style. Her eyes are beautiful, too.

doc03

(35,615 posts)
20. Her eyes were the first thing I noticed mabe not bulging but but large I guess,
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 04:59 PM
Mar 2024

she certainly stood out out. The op said she had helmet like hair so I am not the only
one that thought the same.

OneBlueDotS-Carolina

(1,390 posts)
16. Karen Gibson
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 04:39 PM
Mar 2024

Sgt at Arms. US Senate.

Karen H. Gibson is the Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate and a retired military intelligence officer.


Career

Gibson served in the United States Army for 33 years, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant General. Prior to her appointment as sergeant at arms, Gibson served as the deputy Director of National Intelligence for national security partnerships, director of intelligence for United States Central Command, director of intelligence for the Combined Joint Task Force, and deputy commanding general for the United States Army Cyber Command.

A seasoned combat veteran, Ms. Gibson led intelligence-operations fusion centers in Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea, East Africa, and in the United States.[7]

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the appointment of Gibson as sergeant at arms of the United States Senate in March 2021.[8] She had recently worked with Russel L. Honoré to make recommendations for Congress in the wake of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol.[4] Gibson is the second woman to serve as the Senate Sergeant at Arms. Gibson, her deputy, Kelly Fado, and Chief of Staff, Jennifer Hemingway, are the first all-female team occupying the Senate's top three security posts.[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Gibson_(Sergeant_at_Arms)

brush

(54,640 posts)
18. Well I'd say she's definitely qualified...a former 3-Star general and all the other credentials.
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 04:47 PM
Mar 2024

Last edited Fri Mar 8, 2024, 06:08 PM - Edit history (1)

Glad I asked. It's women's history month too.

Arkansas Granny

(31,586 posts)
21. I wondered that myself. There was something about her stance and
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 05:00 PM
Mar 2024

the way she looked around the room that made me think that she might been Secret Service. Are there female Secret Service agents?

 

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)
28. She is security. She is really only 5'3" tall, she is wearing hollow fake legs full of guns and radio equipment.
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 06:45 PM
Mar 2024

Don't you folks know anything?

brush

(54,640 posts)
30. No, the answer is in the thread...she's the Senate's Sargeant-at-Arms.
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 09:48 PM
Mar 2024

Last edited Sat Mar 9, 2024, 06:44 AM - Edit history (1)

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