For the first time in 449 days, reporters could cram into every seat for the daily briefing.
WASHINGTON — The White House briefing room on Monday might have been a fire marshal's nightmare.
The briefing marked something of a surreal return to business as usual for Joe Biden’s presidency. The president had vowed to overcome the pandemic, and one of the consequences of any success on that front inevitably was going be more questions from more reporters. Monday was proof of that as the hourlong briefing ran to roughly 58 sets of questions.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan also took the podium at Monday's briefing to preview the president's first foreign trip, which will begin this week with a Group of Seven summit meeting in the United Kingdom. Psaki then faced a barrage of questions that was different from past briefings because so many hands were raised and time for follow-ups was limited.
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