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Afghanistan Withdrawal
August 18, 2021
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Grace Segers
Biden Finally Unifies Congress—Against His Afghanistan Withdrawal Debacle
In a rare display of bipartisanship, angry lawmakers of both parties are pushing the president to do more to aid Afghan refugees.
August 17, 2021
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Walter Shapiro
Biden’s Reckoning on Afghanistan Has a Gaping Hole
The president gave a mostly honest accounting of the Afghanistan disaster, but he really skipped over the epic intel failure.
August 12, 2021
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Walter Shapiro
The Only Thing Worse Than Leaving Afghanistan? Staying.
It’s tragic to watch the Taliban on the march. But the one unalterable truth we’ve learned is that we can’t create a nation out of gestures and statements.
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