We`re going to learn the lesson that we should not use major military deployment to remake countries in our own image.

This decision about Afghanistan is not just about Afghanistan. It`s about ending an era of major military operations to remake other countries.

The bottom line is there is no evacuation from the end of a war that you can run without the kinds of complexities, challenges, threats we faced.

As we turn the page on the foreign policy that`s guided our nation the last two decades, we`ve got to learn from our mistakes. To me, there are two that are paramount. First, we must set missions with clear, achievable goals, not ones…

No nation, no nation has ever done anything like it in all of history. Extraordinary success of this mission was due to the incredible skill, bravely and selfless courage of the United States military and our diplomats and intelligence…

I refuse to send another generation of America`s sons and daughters to fight a war that should have ended long ago.

It opens up a question not only about how does this administration bring out the last 100 or 200 Americans there, but there is still an obligation that President Joe Biden talked about to get out Afghan SIV applicants and that process may…

Zelensky will get his White House meeting.

I was not going to extend this forever war, and I was not extending a forever exit.

It`s time to end the war in Afghanistan. I give you my word with all of my heart. I believe this is the right decision, a wise decision, and the best decision for America.

the U.S. just added about $60 million additional dollars in military aid to protect Ukraine against Russian aggression.

My fellow Americans, the war in Afghanistan is now over. I`m the fourth president who has faced the issue of whether and when to end this war. When I was running for president, I made a commitment to the American people that I would end…

The longer we stay, starting with the acute and growing risk of an attack by a terrorist group known as ISIS-K.

It was time to end this war.

If there are American forces -- if there's American citizens left, we're going to stay there and we will get them all out.

Let me be clear, leaving August the 31st is not due to an arbitrary deadline, it was designed to save American lives.

there's no such thing as a low-grade, low-risk way to stay in a country that ain't yours, and stay there with people who -- in a culture that ain't yours.

I refused to send another generation of America's sons and daughters to fight a war that should have ended long ago.