US President Joe Biden faced a grilling from reporters today, particularly on immigration issues, as he held his first formal press conference since taking office on January 20.
Mr Biden was on his feet for about an hour, and started by announcing a revised goal of conducting 200 million COVID-19 vaccinations in his first 100 days.
The President had an initial target of 100 million shots, which the United States passed last week on his 59th day in power.
“I know it’s ambitious, twice our original goal, but no other country in the world has even come close to what we are doing,” he said.
With that out of the way, Mr Biden proceeded to take questions from 10 reporters. Not one of them asked about the coronavirus pandemic – a fact that didn’t escape the notice of viewers.
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