WASHINGTON DC – While the White House tackles domestic crises stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, Vice President Kamala Harris is looking beyond U.S. boundaries to develop her foreign policy portfolio. Harris aides have declined to detail her top domestic areas of responsibility, but two top White House officials told CBS News she has at least two broad priorities that she plans to make her major focus on the international stage.
President Biden and Vice President Harris not only took office amid a deadly pandemic but also began their administration during a major cybersecurity breach. Intelligence and White House officials are pinning the SolarWinds hack on Russia.
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It is essential to focus on global health during a full-blown pandemic not only because of the humanitarian implications but also due to the fact it is at an increasingly high rate of spread and if it is not stopped globally each individual nation will contract or re-contract the virus.