Biden Says He Stands "Squarely Behind My Decision" To Withdraw From Afghanistan

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

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3.6 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Biden: Americans should not be fighting and dying in a way the Afghan military isn't willing to fight. Taliban fighters swarm Kabul streets after government collapses. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:54.7	Amazon shipping. Passal delivery your customers already trust. This is CNN breaking news. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. and tonight. President Biden says he stands squarely behind his decision
1:24.2	to withdraw all US troops despite Afghanistan's
1:27.6	dissent into chaos as the Taliban
1:29.9	sees full control of the country.
1:32.5	The president acknowledging the collapse happened more quickly than expected,
1:36.4	but he insists there was no good time to leave after nearly 20 years of America's
1:41.5	longest war.
1:42.8	President Biden described scenes in Kabul as gut-wrenching,
1:46.2	citizens taking desperate and dangerous measures
1:49.4	at the airport to try to flee the Taliban takeover.
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