Biden officials stress Quad is an 'unofficial gathering,' 'not a military alliance,' ahead of first in-person meeting

President Joe Biden will host the leaders of India, Australia and Japan at the White House on Friday for the first in-person meeting of "The Quad," an informal group of countries that many see as an effort to push back against China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region -- and one that Beijing has criticized as representing a Cold War mentality.

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