"A very close-held operation": How Biden made his unannounced visit to Ukraine
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Sneaking the leader of the free world into an active war zone in Ukraine isn't easy.
It took months of secret planning by a handful of officials from the Pentagon, Secret Service, intelligence community and White House. Amanda Sloat, a top adviser to President Biden on European affairs, told CBS News "an incredibly small team" was involved in the planning.
"It was a very close-held operation, and I think everybody wanting to do everything they could to get the president there and back safely," Sloat said.
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