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Biden Speaks: ‘I Stand Squarely Behind My Decision’ On Afghanistan … But Trump Tied My Hands

Tim Pearce
Biden Speaks: ‘I Stand Squarely Behind My Decision’ On Afghanistan … But Trump Tied My Hands
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President Joe Biden took full responsibility for the chaos in Afghanistan on Monday while simultaneously claiming that he was forced into pulling U.S. military support for the Afghan government by former President Donald Trump.

Biden addressed the nation directly for the first time since leaving on vacation to Camp David, the presidential retreat, last week and the fall of Kabul and the Afghan government on Sunday. The Taliban blitzed through Afghanistan, toppling multiple major cities, seizing military installations, and toppling the Afghan government and military in a matter of days.

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