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On the recordAugust 18, 2021
The idea that the Taliban would take over was premised on the notion that the somehow the 300,000 troops we had trained and equipped was going to just collapse, are going to give up. I don`t think anybody anticipated that.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
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msnbc.com

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Biden reflects on the unexpected takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban.

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