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    Biden Says 'America's Back.' The World Has Some Questions

    President Biden gives his first address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. He may find some skepticism for his pitch to work together on COVID-19 and climate after some recent decisions.
    by Ayesha Rascoe Sep 20, 2021 3 minutes
    One thorny issue facing President Biden at the U.N.: the defense deal he announced with Australia and the United Kingdom, which left France so angry that it pulled its ambassador from Washington.

    As President Biden prepared for his maiden speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, his White House was reeling from a trifecta of bad news stories — headlines that underscored questions about U.S. leadership in the world.

    The Pentagon acknowledged it had killed an aid in a drone strike in Kabul during the tumultuous withdrawal of U.S. troops last month. One of America's oldest allies — France — , angry about being left out of a new defense partnership in the Indo-Pacific, and about losing a valuable submarine contract with Australia.

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