- President Joe Biden did not watch the Academy Awards on Sunday night, according to the
White House . - WH Communications Director Kate Bedingfield was asked about
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Filling in for a pair of colleagues sidelined with COVID-19, White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield had to field a question about $4 during Tuesday's press briefing.
Simon Ateba of Today News Africa asked whether the White House condemned Smith physically striking Rock after the comedian made a joke about the hair loss of Smith's wife, $4.
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"So, I don't have any official comment from the White House on the altercation," Bedingfield said.
She added that President Joe Biden did not watch the Academy Awards on Sunday night.
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A $4 tells officers to accept Ukrainians seeking asylum on a "case-by-case basis," despite the Biden administration maintaining a $4 the way they normally would under international law.
Bedingfield initially appeared to move on from Ateba's Ethopia question, which was grouped together with his Oscars one, but she returned to say she doesn't have "any specifics" to announce, and that the US accepting 100,000 Ukrainians would not halt other diplomatic work.