Biden Holds First Press Conference as President
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Biden says plans to run again, defends U.S.-Mexico border policy in news conferencePresident Joe Biden on Thursday said he expects to run for president again in 2024 and defended his policy to provide shelter to unaccompanied children crossing the U.S. border from Mexico at his first solo news conference since taking office.
Biden also set a new goal of administering 200 million vaccination shots against COVID-19 in the United States in his first 100 days in office and claimed economic progress as he held his first solo news conference since taking office.
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From the Right
Biden grilled about border, COVID-19 in first formal press conferencePresident Biden finally held his first press conference on Thursday — during which he denied the migrant crisis at the southern border, pinned the burden of national unity on the GOP and hedged when asked if he expects to run for re-election.
Biden fielded journalists’ questions in a formal setting for the first time in more than two months into his presidency and was promptly grilled on the growing wave of migrants at the US-Mexico border.
From the Left
Border challenge takes center stage at Biden's first White House news conferenceThe mounting challenges at the border crashed President Joe Biden's first formal news conference Thursday afternoon, derailing White House hopes of keeping the event focused on the administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The White House had made an advance effort to spotlight Biden's pandemic response, with a string of vaccination logistical funding announcements in the hours before it began. The president began the event by detailing a new vaccination target, after his initial goal of 100 million vaccines was reached last week.
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