I had just dropped my 9-month-old daughter off at daycare on a Friday morning when I received a call to report to the White House for a private meeting.
It was three days before I was set to travel with President Biden to Poland for a two-day visit tied to the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Sitting inside White House communications director Kate Bedingfield’s office on Feb. 17, I was informed I would be one of two journalists to instead accompany Mr. Biden on a clandestine journey to Kyiv with a large segment of the journey occurring by train.
My first and primary question was how would I be able to pump breast milk.
I had just returned to The Wall Street Journal’s Washington bureau from maternity leave the month prior and was still coping with leaving my baby, Sofia, for the first time. I had never spent a night away from her and was already anxious at the thought of going to Poland.
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