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#BREAKING Biden says 'remains to be seen' if he'll seek second term

#BREAKING Biden says Covid pandemic in US 'is over'

#BREAKING Biden says 'yes,' US forces would help defend Taiwan against China

#UPDATE President Joe Biden tells CBS' "60 Minutes" he has yet to decide whether he will seek a second term in 2024, despite previously having said he will run again.

Biden says reelection is his "intention" but "is it a firm decision that I run again? That remains to be seen"

#UPDATE President Biden says US forces will defend Taiwan against a Chinese invasion, while the White House has said Washington's policy is unchanged.

Asked by CBS "60 Minutes" program whether US troops would defend Taiwan, Biden said "yes," if it were "an unprecedented attack"

#UPDATE President Joe Biden issued forceful warnings to China and Russia on Sunday and expressed optimism over the US economic rebound, but surprised many by hedging on whether he'll seek reelection

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#BREAKING China says Biden remarks on Taiwan 'severely violate' US policy over island

#UPDATE Beijing says President Joe Biden's latest comments that the United States would defend Taiwan against a Chinese invasion "severely violate" Washington's policy towards the island.

#UPDATE The US has long maintained a policy of "strategic ambiguity" on whether it would intervene militarily if Beijing were to invade Taiwan.

The policy is designed to dissuade both China from invading and Taiwan from formally declaring independence.
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