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‘Failure’ vs. ‘Historic’: Here’s How The Media Described Trump And Biden Making The Same Decision On Afghanistan

Ian Haworth
‘Failure’ vs. ‘Historic’: Here’s How The Media Described Trump And Biden Making The Same Decision On Afghanistan
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Earlier this week, President Joe Biden announced that he was planning to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by September 11, 2021 — the twentieth anniversary of the deadliest terror attack in American history — extending the May 1 deadline set by former President Donald Trump.

Biden stated that the troops stationed in Afghanistan — approximately 2,500 in total — would be withdrawn starting on May 1, with the process to be completed by September 11. 

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