The White House doubled down on sending Vice President Kamala Harris to the Pacific amid the unfolding crisis in Afghanistan, telling Fox News that the United States "has many interests around the world." "There are no planned changes to the Vice President’s travel," a White House official told Fox News on Wednesday. "She is being briefed regularly on the situation in Afghanistan and she and her national security team are actively engaged in White House and interagency discussions. "The United States has many interests around the world, and we are well-equipped to pursue them all at the same time." "The VEEP writers could not have scripted this better," former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer remarked on Twitter.

Source: Fox News August 18, 2021 20:42 UTC