Biden Remains ‘Intensely Focused’ on Next Six Months, Blinken Says

The secretary of state spoke to members of the media at the White House on Tuesday.

President Joe Biden speaks on the terrorist attacks in Israel alongside Secretary of State Antony Blinken from the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, on Oct. 7, 2023. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said that President Joe Biden is intensely focused on the work that remains in the next six months, including bringing peace to the Middle East and dealing with the Russia–Ukraine conflict.

Mr. Blinken told reporters at the White House that he spoke with President Biden after he had decided not to seek reelection, and the president is “intensely focused on ... the work that remains over the next six months” of his presidency regarding foreign policy.