“If you gotta do it, you gotta do it,” Biden privately told advisers as they discussed implementing the restrictions, which officials have said are not permanent and can be adjusted as more is learned.
Officials were still discussing some of those next steps on Tuesday evening, when representatives across multiple agencies huddled to weigh a tightening of new testing rules for incoming international travelers, including those who are vaccinated. They eventually decided on shortening the window for passengers to get tested before their flights to the US. The order was still going through…
