Biden heads to the White House for just 24 hours before a week-long vacation in the Caribbean: Joe and Jill unload SUVS after spending Christmas at Camp David before jetting off to St Croix

President Joe Biden returned from Camp David Tuesday for a day at the White House, with plans to start a family vacation in the U.S. Virgin Islands just hours away.

The president traveled from the presidential retreat in Maryland by motorcade, after rain and fog kept him out of the presidential helicopter and its quick commute. Reporters caught just a glimpse of him entering the White House after the 90-minute trip.

Since he didn’t travel by air to the South Lawn, reporters didn’t get the chance to question him upon his arrival about the domestic and international issues most likely to intrude on his planned getaway.

His return came after his family getaway got interrupted on Christmas day by urgent conversations with his security team.

Biden ordered retaliatory airstrikes against an Iranian-backed militia following an attack that injured three U.S. service members – one critically – in a drone attack.

Iranian-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah claimed credit for the attack. Biden got briefed by his security team, then ordered the Pentagon to produce options and directed the attack against three locations utilized by Kataib Hezbollah and affiliated groups, according to National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson.

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