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The US Deputy Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman, says NATO allies 'will not slam the door shut on NATO's open door policy' following Russia-NATO meeting in Brussels. Sherman insisted NATO is 'solely' a defensive alliance and that has never expanded through 'force or coercion or subversion'. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell praise US-EU relations as they meet at the State Department in Washington, DC. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris arrive at the State Department, where Biden will give his first foreign policy speech. IMAGES
Lawmakers in the Mississippi House and Senate vote to remove the Confederate battle standard from the state flag. The bill calls for a nine-member commission to design a new flag that does not use the Confederate standard and does include the phrase "In God, We Trust." IMAGES
President Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo faces a Senate confirmation hearing, as tensions soar with Russia and Syria and a trade spat with China threatens to snowball. IMAGES