ByKevin Liptak, CNN

Updated 1:05 PM ET, Sat March 12, 2022

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/11/politics/kamala-harris-poland-romania/index.html

Bucharest, Romania (CNN)As Vice President Kamala Harris wasjetting to Poland this week,she got a mid-flight call from the White House.

It was President Joe Biden, looking to make sure his No. 2 was up to speed on the administration’s scramble to deal with a problem awaiting her in Warsaw, a senior administration official said. The Polish government was offering to send fighter jets through the US to Ukraine, an idea the administration had no choice but to firmly decline in a Pentagon statementthe day before Harris’ departure.Ordinarily such a scenario might prompt a cursory phone call between leaders to clear the air.

But in this case, the administration’s response was still unfolding as Harris was flying across the Atlantic to meet Poland’s President and prime minister, raising the stakes for a trip…