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In this image provided by The White House, President Joe Biden receives the Presidential Daily Briefing, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, in the White House Situation Room at the White House in Washington, as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin listens. (Adam Schultz/The White House via AP)

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Biden says he's decided on response to killing of 3 US troops, plans to attend dignified transfer
By AAMER MADHANI AND ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press
Tue,01/30/24-12:36PM , 49 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday indicated he had decided how to respond after the killing of three American service members Sunday in a drone attack in Jordan that his administration has pinned on Iran-backed militia gr
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People attend a demonstration demanding the release of the hostages taken by Hamas militants into the Gaza Strip during the Oct. 7th attack, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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US sees signs of progress on deal to release hostages, bring temporary pause to Israel-Hamas war
By AAMER MADHANI AND ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press
Sat,01/27/24-9:17PM , 42 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. negotiators are making progress on a potential agreement under which Israel would pause military operations against Hamas in Gaza for two months in exchange for the release of more than 100 hostages who were captured in the Oct.
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President Joe Biden is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport, on Oct. 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv. Biden's administration keeps pressing Israel for better treatment of Palestinians. Netanyahu mostly keeps saying no. That cycle seems unlikely to end, despite U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's fourth urgent diplomatic trip this week to the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas war started. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Biden and Netanyahu have finally talked, but their visions still clash for ending Israel-Hamas war
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Fri,01/19/24-4:25PM , 59 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally spoke Friday after a glaring, nearly four-week gap in direct communication during which fundamental differences have come into focus over a possible pat
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Liz Naftali, great aunt of Abigail More Edan, who was kidnapped but returned in the recent hostage release in Israel, third from left, speaks to reporters after a meeting with President Joe Biden and the families of Americans who were taken hostage by Hamas during the October 7 terrorist attacks in Israel, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Families of American hostages in Gaza say Biden reaffirms commitment to freeing their loved ones
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Wed,12/13/23-4:04AM , 83 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday held his first in-person meeting with families of some of the eight Americans still unaccounted for and presumed taken captive by Hamas during its deadly Oct.
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