How Is Biden Preparing For NATO Summit Amid ‘Renewed Spotlight & Scrutiny?’: Kirby Pressed

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During Monday’s White House press briefing, Admiral John Kirby was asked about President Biden’s upcoming press conferences and preparation for the NATO summit.

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00:00Thank you, Kareem. Thank you, Admiral. I was just wondering, with the renewed spotlight

00:03and scrutiny on President Biden in public settings this week, how he's preparing for

00:07the NATO summit, how you guys are deciding how many questions to take at the press conference.

00:11You've got to ask the press secretary that one.

00:14Everyone who's prepping him for a lot of this on matters of national security and foreign policy.

00:19So am I.

00:19Yeah, exactly.

00:20It's a team effort.

00:24Yeah, I will let Kareem talk about the press conference, the big boy press conference.

00:29Y'all are planning to have.

00:31But he has already had discussions with his national security team in the lead up to the

00:35summit, as you might expect that he would.

00:36He's reviewing material.

00:38He's doing his homework and getting ready.

00:41He's got the first major set of remarks tomorrow night at the Mellon Auditorium.

00:45He's working his way through those remarks, as you would expect him to do.

00:48And he's getting ready for at least the two bilateral meetings that we know he's going

00:52to have specifically with the new prime minister of the UK and President Zelensky later in the week.

00:56So what I have seen from my perch is the normal amount of preparatory work that he

01:02does before a major international conference, no different than how he prepared for the

01:06G7 or for the events in Normandy or previous international fora.

01:10So it's pretty typical from what I've seen.

01:12And do you expect Vice President Harris to play a role in the events this week or to

01:16take any meetings during the time that she'll be watching?

01:18I can't speak for the vice president's staff and team, but I can have them get back to

01:22you about what her schedule is going to look like.

01:24Thank you so much, Admiral.

01:25Appreciate it.

01:26Thank you.

01:26Thank you so much.

01:28Thank you, Admiral.

How Is Biden Preparing For NATO Summit Amid ‘Renewed Spotlight & Scrutiny?’: Kirby Pressed

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