Biden begins his trip with a quick stop in close ally Britain on Monday and will finish by visiting newly minted NATO member Finland next Thursday. An extra major item on his agenda all week will be pushing Turkey to drop opposition to approving Sweden s all-but-ready NATO membership. He will also use Vilnius on Wednesday as a backdrop for an address about "his vision of a strong, confident America, flanked by strong, confident allies and partners," Sullivan said.
Joe Biden has two main jobs on Ukraine at next week's NATO summit, but there's a hitch: they take him in opposite directions.However, Sullivan said plainly: "Ukraine will not be joining NATO coming out of this summit."
Without exceedingly careful diplomacy by world leaders, a new and major conflict will erupt between Israelis and Palestinians that could reach into Israeli communities.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said on Sunday he has requested a full briefing from the administration on the evidence that led the U.S. Department of Energy to view a Chinese laboratory leak as the likeliest origin of the virus causing COVID-19.