White House plays up summit initiatives amid no-shows


              Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly speaks during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken as the Summit of the Americas continues in Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Mike Blake/Pool via AP)
            
              U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a meeting with Panamanian Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes and Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Jolyas the Summit of the Americas continues in Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Mike Blake/Pool via AP)
            
              Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly speaks during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken as the Summit of the Americas continues in Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Mike Blake/Pool via AP)
            
              U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a meeting with Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly as the Summit of the Americas continues in Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Mike Blake/Pool via AP)
            
              U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a meeting with Panamanian Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes and Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly as the Summit of the Americas continues in Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Mike Blake/Pool via AP)
            
              U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens during a meeting as the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Mike Blake/Pool via AP)
            
              A man carries a child past members of the Mexican National Guard, on their way north on the Huixtla road in Chiapas state, Mexico, Wednesday, June 7, 2022. The group, part of a larger migrant caravan, left Tapachula on Monday, tired of waiting to normalize their status in a region with little work and still far from their ultimate goal of reaching the United States. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
            
              Migrants, many from Central American and Venezuela, walk along the Huehuetan highway in Chiapas state, Mexico, early Tuesday, June 7, 2022. The group left Tapachula on Monday, tired of waiting to normalize their status in a region with little work and still far from their ultimate goal of reaching the United States. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
            Migrants, many from Central American and Venezuela, walk along the Huehuetan highway in Chiapas state, Mexico, early Tuesday, June 7, 2022. The group left Tapachula on Monday, tired of waiting to normalize their status in a region with little work and still far from their ultimate goal of reaching the United States. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) Migrants look up at a press camera drone as they walk along the Huehuetan highway in Chiapas state, Mexico, early Tuesday, June 7, 2022. The group left Tapachula on Monday, tired of waiting to normalize their status in a region with little work and still far from their ultimate goal of reaching the United States. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) Migrants, many from Central American and Venezuela, walk along the Huehuetan highway in Chiapas state, Mexico, early Tuesday, June 7, 2022. The group left Tapachula on Monday, tired of waiting to normalize their status in a region with little work and still far from their ultimate goal of reaching the United States. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) Migrants, many from Central American and Venezuela, walk along the Huehuetan highway in Chiapas state, Mexico, early Tuesday, June 7, 2022. The group left Tapachula on Monday, tired of waiting to normalize their status in a region with little work and still far from their ultimate goal of reaching the United States. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)