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Heather A. Conley is no stranger to Greece as she has made a point of visiting the country every year and also participated in the 2019 Delphi Forum - the last that actually took place in Delphi.

Kennedy was speaking, non-sequiturs and all, at the invitation of parliamentarians from the far-right Confederation Liberty and Independence coalition (Konfederacja Wolnosc i Niepodleglosc, often shortened to Konfederacja), whose leadership include vaccination sceptics.

US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris began their first full day in office attending a virtual Presidential Inaugural Interfaith Prayer Service.

The leaders were joined by their spouses, and Biden's children and grandchildren at the White House Thursday.

The prayer service was hosted by the Washington National Cathedral.

Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has expressed his commitment to further strengthening ties between the United States and Greece, Israel and Cyprus.

The meeting will take place tomorrow, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
Psaki said the two leaders would discuss bilateral relations, as well as Biden's decision to formally revoke the permit necessary to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline between the two North American states, Reuters reported.

The inauguration ceremony called "United America" will not resemble previous inaugurations, because the organizers and local authorities in Washington called on Americans not to come but to follow the ceremony online in their homes.
Security in Washington will be strengthened while the Pentagon announced that it will send 20.000 National Guard soldiers.

In addition, the first plans are to deal with the problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic, said his chief of staff Ron Klain.
On the first day, 10 presidential decrees will be passed, which do not require the consent of the Congress, Voice of America writes.

President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan on Jan. 14 to end "a crisis of deep human suffering" by speeding up vaccines and pumping out financial help to those struggling with the pandemic's prolonged economic fallout.

Four people died Wednesday amid the riots at the U.S. Capitol building, Washington, D.C., as a horde of supporters of President Donald Trump sought to prevent the confirmation of Joe Biden's electoral victory.

US Senator Bob Menendez, a ranking member of the upper house's Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement on Monday expressing his "great sadness" at the death of former senator Paul Sarbanes, and saying that his life and work was a "testament to what is possible."