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Feb 2022
7m 40s

Biden Tackles Issues at Home & Abroad

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Dealing with many serious issues at once comes with the job of being the President of the United States. CNN’s Melanie Zanona explains that today was no different. President Joe Biden pivoted from one high-stakes issue to the next–the US Special Forces counterterrorism raid, the Russia-Ukraine situation and the anti-gun-violence strategy meeting in New York.

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