Japan, India decry Biden's description of them as xenophobic
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FILE - U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 17, 2024. During a campaign fundraiser this week, Biden described Japan and India as "xenophobic" countries that do not welcome immigrants. The White House said Biden meant no offense.
Japan and India on Saturday decried remarks by U.S. President Joe Biden describing them as "xenophobic" countries that do not welcome immigrants, which the president said during a campaign fundraising event earlier in the week.
The image provided by US Central Command, shows US Army soldiers, US Navy sailors and Israel Defense Forces placing the Trident Pier on the coast of the Gaza Strip on May 16, 2024. Tents are set up by displaced Palestinians amid the devastation in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 16, 2024.
FILE - The U.S. Department of Justice seal in Washington, Nov. 28, 2018. The Justice Department said on Sept. 21, 2023, that a contractor for the U.S. government who is originally from Ethiopia was arrested on espionage charges. FILE - A person types on a laptop keyboard in North Andover, Mass., June 19, 2017.