Masks are back in the news, and even the president isn't immune.

President Joe Biden is wearing a mask for the next 10 days after his wife, first lady Jill Biden, tested positive for COVID-19. But he's drawing some controversy for less-than-perfect behavior when it comes to wearing it.

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Biden removed his mask during a Medal of Honor ceremony on Tuesday, which raised a few eyebrows in Washington.

Biden also abruptly left the ceremony before it was over. That led to a lot of questions during Wednesday's White House news briefing, with press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre saying all is well. She began the briefing by saying Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Tuesday and Wednesday morning, though that didn't stop the questions.

"The president did wear a mask in the Medal of Honor ceremony, but then took it off and didn't put it back on," a reporter said. "Was that a mistake?"

Jean-Pierre said it was not.

"The president took off his mask, as I said he would, to deliver incredibly powerful remarks about this captain, Captain [Larry L.] Taylor," she said. "For a brief time afterward he also did not have his mask on, as you just laid out, and he left as was planned when there was a pause in the program."

The reporter was then asked if the president is "out of practice" with mask-wearing, given that the White House dropped its mask mandate in March 2022.

That also wasn't the case, according to the White House.

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"We planned for the president to leave when there was a pause in the program so that it would minimize him being in the room," Jean-Pierre said. "He did just that. And I also would want to add that before the event started, the president spent a good amount of time with the captain and his family, and everybody was masked."

Biden has eight more days to follow mask protocols before he's free to go without one.