Sneaking the leader of the free world into an active war zone in Ukraine isn't easy. It took months of secret planning by a handful of officials from the Pentagon, Secret Service, intelligence community and the White House.
It took months of secret planning by a handful of officials from the Pentagon, Secret Service, intelligence community and White House. Amanda Sloat, a top adviser to President Biden on European affairs, told CBS News"an incredibly small team" was involved in the planning.
The group traveling with Mr. Biden was also kept to a minimum and sworn to secrecy. Instead of the larger group of press that travels with the president, two journalists were allowed to document the trip — Wall Street Journal reporter Sabrina Siddiqui and Associated Press photographer Evan Vucci. From there, Mr. Biden, his aides, security apparatus and the press drove about an hour to Przemyśl Główny train station, located near the border of Poland and Ukraine. The motorcade of at least 20 vehicles did not use sirens — as the president's motorcade usually does — to avoid drawing attention to itself.
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