When I ended our military mission in Afghanistan almost a year ago, I made the decision that, after 20 years of war, the United States no longer needed thousands of boots on the ground in Afghanistan to protect America from terrorists who seek to do us harm.
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Biden reflects on the decision to end the military mission in Afghanistan while maintaining counterterrorism operations.
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