"Vance is in Italy to lead the official US delegation at Friday's opening ceremony, joined by second lady Usha Vance, Rubio and billionaire Tilman Fertitta, the US ambassador to Italy and owner of the NBA's Houston Rockets. The group watched Thursday's game from the second and third rows at center ice behind the scorer's table alongside Olympic gold medal-winning hockey sisters Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando."
"Maybe it was the roughly four dozen US Secret Service agents forming something close to a Roman testudo around Vance's party that tempered any potential negative reception. More likely, it was the far more seductive phenomenon of celebrity gravity. Nearly everyone within eyesight of the vice-president including volunteers, arena staff, private security and working media appeared to have a phone raised, recording the moment as he made his way to his seat."
JD Vance led the U.S. delegation at the United States women's Olympic opener in Milan, joined by second lady Usha Vance, secretary of state Marco Rubio, and billionaire Tilman Fertitta, the US ambassador to Italy and owner of the Houston Rockets. Several thousand spectators attended, and one earlier hockey game had been postponed because of norovirus. The delegation watched from second and third rows behind the scorer's table alongside Olympic gold medalists Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando. Roughly four dozen US Secret Service agents formed close protection, and officials said the delegation is operating with a heightened diplomatic posture to avoid political demonstrations.
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