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Joe Biden: “How many more? How many thousands more Americans` daughters and sons are you willing to risk? How long would you have…”

On the recordJuly 8, 2021
How many more? How many thousands more Americans` daughters and sons are you willing to risk? How long would you have them stay? Already, we have members of our military, whose parents fought in Afghanistan 20 years ago. Would you send their children and their grandchildren, as well? I will not send another generation of Americans to war in Afghanistan, with no reasonable expectation of achieving a different outcome.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
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msnbc.com

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President Biden explains his rationale for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan.

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