| White House press secretary Jen Psaki said President Biden believes Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is "patriotic," and has "complete confidence in his leadership … and his fidelity to our Constitution." The book by Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward and national political reporter Robert Costa said Milley assured his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Li Zuocheng of the People's Liberation Army, that the United States would not strike. | 
