A small group of reporters, including NPR's White House correspondent, traveled with the president to Afghanistan. Plans for the trip were keep secret and all phones were confiscated.
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Franco Ordoñez is a White House Correspondent for NPR's Washington Desk. Before he came to NPR in 2019, Ordoñez covered the White House for McClatchy. He has also written about diplomatic affairs, foreign policy and immigration, and has been a correspondent in Cuba, Colombia, Mexico and Haiti.
