Joe Biden said "The status quo was not an option. Staying would have meant U.S. troops taking casualties; American men and women back in the middle of a civil war." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 8, 2021

The status quo was not an option. Staying would have meant U.S. troops taking casualties; American men and women back in the middle of a civil war.

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