U.S. President Joe Biden speaks In the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., November 27, 2023.
Fifteen years later, Biden's White House took a more distant approach, waiting about 24 hours to issue a statement after Kissinger died at age 100 on Wednesday.
Biden said he first met Kissinger when he was a young Democratic senator from Delaware and he was secretary of state.
Biden said after Kissinger retired from government "he continued to offer his views and ideas to the most important policy discussion across multiple generations."
“It’s a huge loss,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Thursday, noting Kissinger’s military service during World War Two and years of public service afterward.
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