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President Biden declared that he would send the U.S. military to engage in war with China if the communist country attacked Taiwan. The White House walked back his statement within hours. In the case of an “unprecedented attack” by China, U.S. Forces would be deployed to defend the Island, Biden said. Scott Pelley of CBS’s “60 Minutes” said that after the interview a White House official told the show that U.S. policy has not changed and they refused to say if the U.S. military would defend Taiwan.