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Joe Biden: “We are currently on pace to finish by August the 31st. The sooner we can finish, the better. Each day of operations…”

On the recordAugust 30, 2021
We are currently on pace to finish by August the 31st. The sooner we can finish, the better. Each day of operations brings added risk to our troops.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Biden emphasizes the urgency of completing the evacuation from Afghanistan by the August 31 deadline.

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