Jaishankar met Anthony Blinken as well as NSA Jake Sullivan and Def Sec Lloyd Austin. Biden does not seem to have "dropped in" on any of these meetings-- whether that's because of slightly cooling relations in the wake of GOI's action against US tech companies, or because of COVID precautions, or simply because it isn't Biden's style (relative to George W Bush, Obama and Trump) I am not sure.
COVID itself seems to have dominated the agenda in a lot of the discussions. Its value as a biological warfare agent for the CPC is a gift that keeps on giving.
One interesting thing some of the reports mentioned is that Jaishankar had an extended meeting with Gen H R McMaster in New York before his trip to Washington. McMaster was, of course, Trump's NSA for a year before getting fired and replaced by John Bolton. He had visited India during his tenure and I presume he knows the Modi cabinet well. He is currently a fellow of the Hoover Institution (a major national-security and foreign-policy think tank https://www.hoover.org/profiles/h-r-mcmaster). Also, he had extensive experience as a military and intelligence commander in Afghanistan.
About Garcetti, the less said the better. He used to work in the field of international relations before his tenure as Mayor of LA. His resume includes positions that suggest he spent many years as a foot-soldier of the George Soros agenda:
(From Wiki)Prior to his election to the Los Angeles City Council, Garcetti was a visiting instructor of international affairs at the University of Southern California, and an assistant professor of diplomacy and world affairs at Occidental College.[5] His academic work focused on ethnic conflict and nationalism in Southeast Asia and Northeast Africa.
During this time, he published articles and chapters of books on post-conflict societies, Eritrean nationalism, and non-violent action. This should concern every Indian. Look up Gene Sharp to understand what is meant by "non-violent action" in this context-- essentially, it's manufacturing Colour Revolutions and deploying Aandolanjeevis to destabilize hostile governments.[23]
He has served on the California board of Human Rights Watch,[24] and currently serves on the advisory board for Young Storytellers, an arts education nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles.[25] Garcetti is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue.
If there is any faint glimmer of hope for this guy it is that "Progressives" (i.e. rabid leftists) in Los Angeles are themselves targeting him over police brutality, BLM, ignoring allegations of sexism against his staff members, etc. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... ambassador Having been on the receiving end of Woke-jihad, Garcetti may have realized how this sort of thing can spiral out of control and turn on its masters. But on the other hand, he may be twice as anxious to prove himself More Woke Than Woke by doing everything possible to undermine Fascist Mudi.
Let's see.