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President Biden departed for his first foreign trip abroad on Wednesday morning, telling reporters that his goal will be to demonstrate to Russia and China that the alliance between the U.S. and Europe is strong.

© Getty Images The European Union is reportedly planning to throw its support behind a U.S. push to investigate the origins of COVID-19 at a summit next week in Brussels. Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that the United States and EU have drafted a statement, which they hope to adopt at the summit, that calls for “progress on a transparent, evidence-based, and expert-led WHO-convened phase 2 study on the origins of COVID-19, that is free from interference.” The U.S. reportedly asked the ...

Biden won’t be meeting with Chinese officials, but Beijing will be on the agenda across meetings with the Group of Seven (G-7), NATO and European leaders as the White House looks to make the case that democracies can deliver over autocracies. The G-7 is expected to announce an initiative to finance infrastructure in the developing world as a counter to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and Biden and European leaders will discuss how to push back on China’s economic practices. Biden has...

Biden Heads to Europe for Summits with Allies and Putin Voice of America 10 Jun 2021, 04:05 GMT+10 WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden headed to Europe Wednesday on his first overseas trip as the U.S. leader, set to hold high-level talks with other Western heads of state before meeting next week with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in Geneva. As he boarded Air Force One, Biden said his goals for the trip were strengthening ties with allies, while "making it clear to Putin and to China...

Biden Lands in Europe for Summits with Allies and Putin Voice of America 10 Jun 2021, 06:05 GMT+10 WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden landed in Europe Wednesday on his first overseas trip as U.S. leader, set to hold high-level talks with other Western heads of state before meeting next week with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in Geneva. As he boarded Air Force One leaving Washington, Biden said his goals for the trip were strengthening ties with allies, while "making it clear to Put...

ADVERTISEMENT But Democratic critics of the Wyden-Crapo deal said it had two provisions that could have derailed the Endless Frontiers Act.  One of the provisions in the draft agreement would have lifted tariffs on personal protective equipment (PPE) imports from China, undercutting the broader political goal of limiting U.S. dependence on China, according to aides familiar with the draft deal. “Certainly, the PPE thing is counterproductive to trying to get tough on China. That was in the or...

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 00:00 UTC his first trip outside the country; only the fourteenth trip outside the capital with the exception of visits to his home in Delaware. In over three months in office. Hes not had time to visit forty-one states in his own nation (82% of them), but will play the merry summiteer in Britain and Belgium. One must have priorities as leader of the free world. His are, to cite Psaki, to "highlight his commitment to restoring our alliances, revitalizing the Transatlantic...

The White House WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve in key national security positions in his Administration. Brenda Sue Fulton, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Department of Defense Donald Lu, Nominee for Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Department of State Christopher Maier, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict, Dep...

WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve in key national security positions in his Administration. Brenda Sue Fulton, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Department of Defense Donald Lu, Nominee for Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Department of State Christopher Maier, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict, Department of Defen...

Joe Biden’s Ukraine Policy: A Repeat of George W. Bush in Georgia? It is a bad idea for Washington to give its partners the impression that they have a blank to go to war and expect American forces to come to the rescue if the fighting goes poorly. Biden’s administration is going out of its way to assure Ukraine’s government that the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have Kiev’s back in its growing confrontation with Russian-supported separatists and Russi...