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🗓️ 28 September 2021

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Senators press generals on Biden’s decision to pull all troops; Milley, Mackenzie: we assessed that 2,500-3,500 troops should stay; Milley: U.S. credibility damaged by Afghanistan withdrawal; Pelosi reverses course, plans to hold infrastructure vote Thursday even if massive budget bill is not done; Progressive Dems angry with Pelosi on infrastructure reversal; Moderate Dems raise concerns about cooperate tax hikes; Sanders urges House Dems to vote “no” on infrastructure until budget deal passes; WH: Biden thinks meeting with Sinema “moved the ball forward”; Pediatric group: kids make up nearly 27% of current nationwide cases; NYC mayor: 45% jump in vaccinations since mandates announced; Parents protest after court rules in favor of mask mandate in TN school district; WH: 400,000 Americans received booster shots this past weekend; CDC: 55.4% of U.S> now fully vaccinated; Ex-FDA chief: Delta COVID surge could end by Thanksgiving; Ex-FDA chief: COVID likely to become a “persistent menace”; Gabby Petto’s family calls on her fiancé to turn himself in; Petito’s mother becomes emotional: “she’s with us”; Brian Laundrie’s parents say they don’t know where he is; Grisham book explains Trump’s secretive Walter Reed trip in 2019; Former press secretary describes Trump’s “terrifying” temper in new book; New tell-all book details lewd behavior from Trump; 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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0:00.0	Did President Biden lie to the public about the advice he'd been given on Afghanistan
0:07.2	for military leaders?
0:08.9	The lead starts right now.
0:11.6	Top U.S. military officials today telling quite a different story than the one President
0:16.4	Biden shared with the American people about the advice they had given him before all hell
0:20.9	broke loose and cobble, plus, Progressives P.O.D., Senator Bernie Sanders joining a chorus
0:27.4	of Liberals.
0:28.4	Angry with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as President Biden puddles with moderate Democrats
0:32.4	in a last-ditch effort to save his agenda on Capitol Hill and Pfizer now one step closer
0:38.8	to asking the FDA to authorize its vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11.
0:45.7	We're going to talk to the U.S. Surgeon General and with a former FDA official who's
0:50.0	now sitting on the Pfizer board.
0:58.1	Welcome to the lead.
0:59.1	I'm Jake Tapper and we begin today in our politics lead in the shocking revelation from
1:02.9	top U.S. generals on Capitol Hill that President Biden, apparently, ignored their advice
1:08.0	just weeks before the chaotic and deadly withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
1:12.7	Today sent Com Commander General Kenneth McKenzie and Joint Chiefs Chairman General
1:16.2	Mark Milley confirmed reports that they had wanted 2,500 service members to remain in Afghanistan
1:22.2	to prevent the imminent collapse of Afghan military forces and ultimately the Afghan government.
1:27.9	I'm not sure my personal recommendation to the President, but I will give you my honest
1:33.4	opinion and my honest opinion and view shaped my recommendation.
1:37.4	I recommended that we maintain 2,500 troops in Afghanistan.
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Top generals contradict Biden in contentious hearing, admit they wanted 2,500 troops to remain in Afghanistan; Biden hosts key Dem senators as agenda hangs in the balance; Pfizer gives FDA initial data on COVID vaccine for kids ages 5-11;

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