No single point person for border situation, White House says

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President Joe Biden has entrusted a committee of sorts composed of top officials to handle the crisis at the southern border, the White House said, days after his border coordinator announced plans to step down.

“It is not a one-woman, even a one-woman job, it is a multi-high-level official job,” press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Thursday, describing a governmentwide approach to the effort that includes top Cabinet officials and diplomats, as well as the vice president.

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