White House spokesperson Josh Earnest said that US Vice President Joe Biden had not yet scheduled to be present at the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu�s address to the US Congress about Iran�s nuclear program and the threat posed by jihadist terrorists.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik)�� US Vice President Joe Biden is not yet scheduled to�be present at�the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu�s address to�both chambers of�US Congress amid�controversy behind�his visit, White House spokesperson Josh Earnest said.
�We will see, that is the best answer I can give you there, we are still working through�exactly what the vice president�s schedule is going to�look like�that first week in�March,� Earnest said on�Wednesday in�response to�a question about�whether Biden will skip Netanyahu�s speech.

US House Speaker John Boehner invited Netanyahu to�speak in�Congress about�Iran�s nuclear program and the threat posed by�jihadist terrorists.
The White House has earlier described Boehner�s invitation and Israeli acceptance of�it as �a departure from�protocol.�
Earnest stressed, however, that the US-Israeli relationship is much more important than�the relationship between�the Democratic and Republican parties.

Presiding over�joint sessions of�Congress is part of�the vice president�s ceremonial duties. In his capacity as�vice president, Biden has missed only one congressional joint session in�2011, because he was travelling abroad.

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