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Oct. 13, 2017 / 10:14 AM / Updated Oct. 13, 2017 at 12:00 PM

Watch live: Trump the first president to address Values Voter Summit

President Donald Trump speaks at the conservative 2017 Values Voter Summit on Friday at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. He is the first president to address the annual event. Photo by Al Drago/UPI

1 of 5 | President Donald Trump speaks at the conservative 2017 Values Voter Summit on Friday at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. He is the first president to address the annual event. Photo by Al Drago/UPI | License Photo

Oct. 13 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump will address the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., on Friday.

His speech to the summit, a part of the conservative Family Values Council, will begin at 10:10 a.m. EDT.

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Trump is the first sitting president to visit the annual conference. He last spoke there in 2015 as a Republican candidate for president.

"Values voters have waited eight years for a leader who puts America's mission first and respects the values that made America into a great nation," Tony Perkins, the council's president, said in a Tuesday statement.

Former Trump strategists Sebastian Gorka and Steve Bannon, and former Rep. Michele Bachmann are among the other scheduled speakers.

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