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Biden Caves In To Muslim Leaders Over Annual Ramadan Event, Gaza War

CORRECTS YEAR - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, arrives at Borispol airport outside Kiev, Ukraine on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

President Joe Biden scaled back a planned Ramadan event after Muslim leaders expressed their dissatisfaction over his stance on the war in Gaza.

Biden met with some Muslim leaders and then held a small dinner with some Muslims in his administration, Reuters reported. While the event was expected to be a larger affair, such as in years past, the White House told the Washington Examiner that it gave community leaders the option to choose the format, and the consensus was a working meeting on policy.

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