Watch live as White House Director of Communications Kate Bedingfield holds briefing
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Watch live as White House Director of Communications Kate Bedingfield conducts a news briefing.
Bedingfield is standing in for press secretary Jen Psaki, who is self-isolating after contracting Covid-19.
On Thursday, Biden ordered a major release of oil from America's strategic reserves in an effort to bring down high fuel costs. Since Putin accelerated military build-up around Ukraine, gas prices have increased by nearly a dollar per gallon.
A total of 180 million barrels of oil will be released over six months, the largest release since the reserve was created in 1974.
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