Biden's Excuses for His Afghanistan Debacle

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🗓️ 7 April 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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The White House publishes a 12-page document blaming President Trump for the American military's hasty withdrawal in 2021 under Taliban control, but what parts of the story does that leave out? Plus, the job market cools, with the economy in March posting the smallest net employment gain in two years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:19.7	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:26.4	The White House releases a report on the US's Retreat from Afghanistan, as the Labor
0:31.4	Department says the economy added 236,000 jobs in March.
0:36.0	Welcome on Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.
0:38.9	We are joined today by my colleagues, editorial board member Kate Vachelder O'Dell and columnist
0:44.6	Kim Strassel.
0:45.8	Happy Friday to you both.
0:47.6	Two years after the American military's hurried evacuation of Afghanistan, including
0:53.1	the terrorist bomb that killed 13 service members at the Kabul Airport, the National Security
0:58.5	Council has produced a 12-page report that blames President Trump.
1:03.1	Let's start with a clip of White House spokesman John Kirby tangling this week with an
1:08.1	NBC reporter.
1:09.1	Does the President take responsibility for the withdrawal and everything that happened
1:15.1	in Iraq?
1:16.1	The Commander-in-Chief has the responsibility for the operations that our men and women
1:25.3	conduct and the orders that he gives.
1:27.2	He continues to believe that the order to withdraw from Afghanistan was the right one.
1:32.1	If you just look, Kristen, at what's happened since we pulled out of Afghanistan and see
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