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Promises President Biden kept and broke in his first 100 days
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The first 100 days is a somewhat arbitrary, if traditional milestone in a presidency, but it's one President Biden has embraced and even incorporated into his own goal-setting.
Mr. Biden took office under difficult circumstances, during a deadly pandemic and as millions of Americans still harbored doubts that he had won the election. He made a number of promises centered on restoring normalcy to American life and rolling back actions taken by his predecessor, including a realignment of U.S. foreign policy priorities. He has kept some promises, such as reentering the Paris climate agreement, broken others, and made some progress but not yet accomplished all of his early goals. Here's a status check on the key promises he made.![](/newspic/picid-6252001-20250216030556.jpg)
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