FILE - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at the SelectUSA Investment Summit, Thursday, May 4, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md. Whitmer spent two days in Europe the week of May 8, as part of her second international trade trip during the year. She visited Austria to meet with business leaders before heading to Latvia where she met with the President Egils Levits and Michigan National Guard troops in the country. She used the visit to show support for Ukraine, calling it “Russia's illegal war.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) FILE PHOTO
