This week marks the last time President Joe Biden will address the world’s major international forum: the hundreds of leaders who gather each year for the United Nations General Assembly
With four months left in office, Biden steps up to the green-marbled lectern to address world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly with wars in both regions posing dilemmas likely to outlast his presidency.
As efforts falter to impose a Gaza truce and with Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah waging a cross-border battle, the Pentagon said on Monday it will send a small number of additional troops to the Middle East out of an abundance of caution.
Biden’s presidency has been dominated by foreign policy challenges from Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine to the Palestinian Hamas attack in southern Israel and hostage-taking last Oct. 7 and the resulting Israeli assault on Gaza.
Countering China and Iran, which backs both Hamas and Hezbollah, have consumed major chunks of the president’s time.
A senior administration official said Biden’s speech at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT) will give him an opportunity to talk up what he considers major achievements of his time in office and to say the international community should support Ukraine and a diplomatic solution is needed in the Middle East.
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