Joe Biden

The bottom line is there is no evacuation from the end of a war that you can run without the kinds of complexities, challenges, threats we faced.

It is flatly unconstitutional, it’s also outrageous, and that he will do everything in his power as president to fight.

No nation, no nation has ever done anything like it in all of history. Extraordinary success of this mission was due to the incredible skill, bravely and selfless courage of the United States military and our diplomats and intelligence…

The U.S. just added about $60 million additional dollars in military aid to protect Ukraine against Russian aggression.

Zelensky will get his White House meeting.

We`re going to learn the lesson that we should not use major military deployment to remake countries in our own image.

I was not going to extend this forever war, and I was not extending a forever exit.

We`ve been a nation too long at war. If you`re 20 years old today, you`ve never known an America at peace. So when I hear that we could have, should have continued the so-called low-grade effort in Afghanistan at low risk to our service…

It`s time to end the war in Afghanistan. I give you my word with all of my heart. I believe this is the right decision, a wise decision, and the best decision for America.

To those asking for a third decade of war in Afghanistan, I ask, what is the vital national interest? In my view, we only have one. To make sure Afghanistan can never be used again to launch an attack on our homeland.

It was time to be honest with the American people again. We no longer had a clear purpose in an open-ended mission in Afghanistan. After 20 years of war in Afghanistan, I refused to send another generation of America`s sons and daughters…

My fellow Americans, the war in Afghanistan is now over. I`m the fourth president who has faced the issue of whether and when to end this war. When I was running for president, I made a commitment to the American people that I would end…

After 20 years of war in Afghanistan, I refused to send another generation of America's sons and daughters to fight a war that should have ended long ago.

We have to really think about what is in our vital national interest.

The choice was leave or escalate. There is no such thing as low risk, low cost, low cost war.

I respectfully disagree.

We've been a nation too long at war.

If there are American forces -- if there's American citizens left, we're going to stay there and we will get them all out.

No. Americans should understand that we're going to try to get it done before August 31st.

Let me be clear, leaving August the 31st is not due to an arbitrary deadline, it was designed to save American lives.

It was time to end this war.

To ISIS-K, we are not done with you yet. To those who wish America harm, to those engaged in terrorism against us or our allies, know this. The United States will never rest. We will not forgive, we will not forget. We will hunt you down…

And for those remaining Americans, there is no deadline. We remain committed to get them out if they want to come out. The Taliban has made public commitments, broadcast on television and radio across Afghanistan, on safe passage for…

My fellow Americans, the war in Afghanistan is now over. I'm the fourth president who has faced the issue of whether and when to end this war. I believe this is the right decision, a wise decision, and the best decision for America.

It was time to be honest with the American people again. We know longer had a clear purpose in an open-ended mission in Afghanistan. After 20 years of war in Afghanistan, I refuse to send another generation of America`s sons and daughters…