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Afghanistan Papers, Kickstarter Fail & Golden Globe Nominations - Tuesday, December 10th, 2019

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

News, Daily News, Society & Culture

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The news to know for Tuesday, December 10th, 2019!

What to know today about a new report revealing lies about the war in Afghanistan, and the articles of impeachment could be announced today.

Plus: Russia banned from the Olympics, a warning about the new Star Wars film, and the Golden Globe nominations snubs and surprises...

Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com under the section titled 'Episodes' to read more about any of the stories mentioned or see sources below...

Today's episode is brought to you by www.FabFitFun.com. Use code 'newsworthy' for $10 off your first box #fabfitfunpartner 

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Sources:

Afghanistan Papers: The Guardian, Washington Post, AP

Articles of Impeachment: Washington Post, FOX News, CNN, AP, ABC News

Volcano Eruption Update: CNN, BBC

Russia Banned from Olympics: NBC Sports, ESPN, BBC

Sportsperson of the Year: SI

Most-Tweeted Politicians: Twitter, Axios 

Amazon Blames Trump: CNBC, The Verge, WSJ

Coolest Cooler Shuts Down: The Verge, GeekWire

Away CEO Replaced: The Verge, TechCrunch

Remembering Pete Frates: USA Today, NPR

Star Wars Warning: CNN

Golden Globe Nominations: WSJ, FOX News, Variety, Hollywood Reporter

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today is Tuesday, December 10th.

0:02.0

What to know today about a new report revealing what top officials really had to say about the war in Afghanistan,

0:07.5

and articles of impeachment could be announced today.

0:10.5

Plus Russia banned from the Olympics, a warning about Star Wars, and the Golden Globe nomination

0:15.6

Surprises and snubs.

0:19.8

Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy.

0:21.8

All the days news in less than 10 minutes.

0:24.1

Fast, fair, fun, and on the go.

0:26.8

I'm Erica Mandy.

0:27.8

Thanks so much for being here.

0:29.4

You ready?

0:30.3

Let's do this. A new report from the Washington Post found U.S. officials repeatedly lied about America's

0:38.9

longest war for years.

0:41.2

The post is referring to the documents as the Afghanistan Papers, a reference to the Pentagon Papers, which were leaked documents that showed massive failures in the Vietnam War and caused uproar in the early 70s.

0:52.0

This time, it's about the war in Afghanistan.

0:55.0

The post spent three years and filed two lawsuits against the government

0:58.0

to get a hold of hundreds of confidential interviews

1:00.0

with more than 400 key players in the war, including a three-star Army general.

1:05.5

The top officials interviewed said the war became impossible to win and the strategy was unclear.

1:11.0

One general said, quote, we didn't have the foggiest notion of what we were undertaking,

1:14.8

while a Navy SEAL called the war a waste of a trillion dollars.

1:18.0

Another commanding officer said they couldn't get anyone to define what winning actually meant.

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