'Our work's not done,' Biden says, addressing skeptics at one-year mark
President Joe Biden holds a formal news conference in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 19, 2022.
WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he had underestimated the extent of Republican opposition to his programs and acknowledged Americans' frustration at the slow pace of COVID-19 testing, but said the United States was on track to meet considerable challenges from the pandemic and inflation.Marking the near one-year anniversary of his presidency, Biden, a Democrat, faced a flurry questions on the country's bumpy COVID-19 response, relations with Russia and the future of American democracy during a rare formal news conference.His aides said they envisioned the news conference as an opportunity to frame the president's approach to his second year and to sell the American people on the accomplishments of the first.