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Joe Biden: “The likelihood that there is going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly…”

On the recordJuly 7, 2021
The likelihood that there is going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Biden's statement on the Taliban's takeover was contradicted by intelligence assessments.

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