President Joe Biden will push Camp David into the international spotlight on Friday when he hosts the leaders of Japan and South Korea there, a return to glory for a mountain retreat that has become indelible in diplomatic history.
Biden chose the rustic redoubt in the Maryland hills for the first U.S.-Japan-South Korea summit because Camp David has often been used to symbolize newfound or hard-won friendship, a senior administration official said.
Built by the Works Progress Administration, the infrastructure program created by President Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression, the camp has hosted its share of international detentes. Most famously, President Jimmy Carter brokered the Camp David accords in 1978 between Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.
Camp David is also a place where presidents rest up from the rigors of the office and escape the confines of the White House, the antique-filled executive mansion that Harry Truman used to call "the Great White Prison."
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Biden will use Camp David backdrop hoping to broker a breakthrough in Japan-South Korea relationsCamp David is where U.S. presidents go to relax and escape Washington's prying eyes. But the rustic military installation in the Maryland mountains is also where presidents conduct some U.S. diplomacy.
Read more »
Biden will use Camp David backdrop hoping to broker a breakthrough in Japan-South Korea relationsCamp David is where U.S. presidents go to relax and escape Washington's prying eyes.
Read more »
Biden will use Camp David backdrop hoping to broker a breakthrough in Japan-South Korea relationsCamp David is where U.S. presidents go to relax and escape Washington's prying eyes.
Read more »
Biden will use Camp David backdrop hoping to broker a breakthrough in Japan-South Korea relationsCamp David is where U.S. presidents go to relax and escape Washington's prying eyes
Read more »
At Camp David, Biden aims to nudge Japan, South Korea toward greater unity in complicated PacificPresident Joe Biden is set to welcome the leaders of Japan and South Korea for the first summit of his presidency at the Camp David presidential retreat.
Read more »
Analysis | Four things to watch from Biden’s big Camp David summitLeaders of U.S., Japan, South Korea hold an unprecedented meeting
Read more »