Aukus will ‘get done’ despite jitters in Congress, Biden tells Albanese at White House meeting

Getting approval for nuclear submarine plan through legislature a question of not if, but when'

Joe Biden has played down congressional jitters over the Aukus nuclear-powered submarine deal and has revealed he assured Xi Jinping that the countries involved are not aiming to surround China".

The US president welcomed the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, to the White House and insisted he was confident that we're going to be able to get the money for Aukus because it's overwhelmingly in our interest".