The White House is confronting a new war that has required an immediate reorienting of President Joe Biden’s priorities and schedule, including a trip this week to Israel and Jordan as the situation in the Middle East grows ever more urgent.
Biden had originally planned to spend Monday in Colorado talking about wind energy, but, in an unusual move, the trip out west was scrapped at the last minute. The president instead received briefings from his national security team and made phone calls to the leaders of Germany, Egypt and Iraq in the wake of Hamas’ cross-border attack on Israel.
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