Assistant Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Brett Giroir is seated prior to U.S. President Donald Trump delivering an update on the so-called Operation Warp Speed program, the joint Defense Department and HHS initiative that has struck deals with several drugmakers in an effort to help speed up the search for effective treatments for the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria