WASHINGTON — When foreign leaders come to the White House these days, Vice President Kamala Harris is often among the first officials they see.
Harris and President Joe Biden are taking a divide and conquer approach to meetings with world leaders in which Harris regularly greets and holds separate sessions with heads of government before they meet with Biden in the Oval Office when they visit Washington.
The vice president had separate meetings in her ceremonial office on the White House complex this week with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi prior to their bilateral talks with Biden. Harris also met first with the leaders of South Korea, Japan and Germany during their visits this year.
