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Joe Biden: “As I said in April, the United States did what we went to do in Afghanistan, to get the terrorists who attacked us on…”

On the recordJuly 7, 2021
As I said in April, the United States did what we went to do in Afghanistan, to get the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11 and deliver justice to Osama bin Laden, and to degrade the terrorist threat to keep Afghanistan from becoming a base where much attacks could be continued against the United States.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Biden defends the U.S. mission in Afghanistan and outlines the objectives achieved.

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