• The White House walked back comments President Joe Biden made about sending U.S. troops to defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion.
• Biden made the remarks during a “60 Minutes” interview that aired Sunday.
• Correspondent Scott Pelley asked the president if the U.S. military would defend the democratic government of Taiwan should China take inspiration from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and attack the self-governed island.
• “[W]ould U.S. forces defend the island?” Pelley asked, in the interview taped on Thursday.
• “Yes, if in fact there was an unprecedented attack,” the president said.

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