Vice President Kamala Harris faces a steep challenge next week when she travels to Singapore and Vietnam, as a once-low-risk trip to friendly nations comes at the same time as a bungled US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Harris will have dual responsibilities largely unfamiliar to her in the seven months she's been in office: Deliver a foreign policy win for an administration in crisis and embody Biden's call to pivot US foreign policy focus to counter a rising China. Allies and experts say Harris will now face enhanced pressure to convey to the Southeast Asian nations that the US is sincere in its long-term commitment to the region, as well as convincing them of US competence.
"She takes everything very seriously," a source close to Harris told CNN."So, at this moment, with what is happening in Afghanistan, I think she'll even be doubly prepared because she knows what's at stake. People are going to look at this international trip as a lot more than just Singapore and Vietnam.
Biden: No way out of Afghanistan without 'chaos ensuing' 03:07After departing Washington on Friday, Harris will land in Singapore on Sunday before traveling to Vietnam later in the week. On Monday in Singapore, she will meet with US sailors aboard the USS Tulsa in a visit to Changi Naval Base, becoming the highest ranking official to address troops in person as the crisis in Afghanistan plays out, an official said.
It's just constant: Clarissa Ward describes gunshots fired in Taliban- controlled streets 08:05Strengthening relationships in Southeast AsiaHarris will become the first sitting vice president to visit Vietnam. A daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, she also goes as the first US Black and South Asian vice president.
Kamala Harris: I carry a great weight of responsibility 01:03But officials declined to say whether she was present for last week's national security team crisis meeting convened by Biden, during which he was first briefed on the plan that had been drafted to draw down embassy personnel and send in US forces to facilitate that effort because of the Taliban's rapid gains.
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