华盛顿——总统乔·拜登将于3月25日在白宫举行他的首次正式新闻发布会。

拜登是几十年来第一位没有与记者举行正式问答会就走了这么远的总统。他选择像他最近的大多数前任一样频繁地回答问题，但他倾向于一次只回答一两个非正式的问题，通常是在活动结束时匆忙地回答。

这反映了白宫的媒体战略，既要为庆祝立法胜利保留主要的媒体布景，又要限制一个历史上容易犯错的政治家的非受迫性错误。

白宫面临着越来越大的举行新闻发布会的压力，他的推迟引发了共和党的攻击。普萨基此前曾表示，拜登将在3月底前举行新闻发布会。

Biden to hold first formal news conference next week

WASHINGTON -- PresidentJoe Bidenwill hold his first formal news conference on March 25 at the White House, press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday.

Biden is the first president in decades to go this long without holding a formal question and answer session with reporters. He has opted to take questions about as often as most of his recent predecessors, but he tends to field just one or two informal inquiries at a time, usually in a hurried setting at the end of an event.

It reflects a White House media strategy meant both to reserve major media set-pieces for the celebration of a legislative victory and to limit unforced errors from a historically gaffe-prone politician.

The White House has faced escalating pressure to hold a press conference, and his delay sparked Republican attacks. Psaki had previously said Biden would hold a news conference before the end of March.