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

On the recordAugust 23, 2021
We are currently on a pace to finish by August the 31st. The sooner we can finish, the better. Each day of operations and brings added risk to our troops.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Biden discusses the timeline for completing the evacuation from Afghanistan and the associated risks to troops.

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