While Biden and Harris met, Republicans hammered the two for their inaction on the hostages and the bumbling way they tried to force to "give in" to terrorists.
The U.S. president, vice president and key advisers met about "the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal" in the Situation Room on Labor Day.
(September 2, 2024 / JNS) U.S. President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and senior advisers met in the White House Situation Room on Monday, a U.S. federal holiday, to discuss “next steps in the ongoing effort to secure the release of hostages, including continuing consultations with co-mediators Qatar and Egypt,” according to a White House readout.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, CIA director Bill Burns, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Brett McGurk, National Security Council coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, also took part in the working Labor Day meeting, as did White House chief of staff Jeff Zients, principal deputy national security advisor Jon Finer and Phil Gordon, national security advisor to Harris, the White House stated.