Biden frequently describes the U.

Biden met with Xi many times before taking office.Were not trying to decouple from China.

Each leader had about a dozen top aides in the grand room.it comes down to a meeting like this.and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will now meet with his counterpart when China names a new minister of defense.

Diplomatic lines of communication have continued.Thats not responsible and we hope to be able to at least take some preliminary steps tomorrow.

said National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.

This is the first time they have spoken since theirlast meeting.The two had married just two years earlier when they both were 21.

and I took that very seriously.Kris and James were married and Brandon had a new protector.

They were unable to tell me if he was alive or not.It broke her heart into a million pieces as she began the process of becoming his legal guardian by divorcing him.