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<p>Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will join White House press secretary <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/karine-jean-pierre/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">Karine Jean-Pierre</a> for a press briefing Thursday afternoon.</p>
<p>The briefing, scheduled for 1 p.m., directly follows Hurricane Milton’s landfall in Florida as well as <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/3182489/biden-netanyahu-speak-first-time-since-hezbollah-escalation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">reports</a> of President Joe Biden’s conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday about escalating tensions in the <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/middle-east/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">Middle East</a> between Israel, Lebanon, and Iran.</p>

The briefing directly follows Hurricane Milton's landfall in Florida as well as reports of President Joe Biden's conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about escalating tensions in the Middle East.{ai:summary}<p>Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will hold a press briefing on Thursday at 1 p.m. This comes after Hurricane Milton's landfall in Florida and President Biden's discussion with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu regarding Middle Eastern tensions.</p><p>The briefing aims to address both the hurricane's impact and the ongoing geopolitical issues in the region. #foreignaffairs</p>

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