Tuesday, August 31st, 2021

Morning Announcements

Betches

Daily News, News, News Commentary, Politics

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🗓️ 31 August 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Let’s start off with some more news on Afghanistan before moving to the US Department of Education’s investigation into states for discriminating against students with disabilities. Next, we cover why Texas abortion providers are asking the U.S. supreme court to block a restrictive abortion law. Finally, we end with why The EU has just removed the U.S. from the country’s safe travel list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Tuesday, August 31st, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements presented
0:06.7	by Betjes Media.
0:08.3	This episode is sponsored by American Eagle.
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0:25.6	Hello, and welcome to The Morning Announcements for August 31st, 2021.
0:32.0	We'll begin with Afghanistan.
0:34.3	11 days before the 20th anniversary of September 11th, the United States has ended its military
0:39.5	operation in Afghanistan.
0:41.4	The last C-17 lifted off from Hamid Karzai International Airport yesterday, August 30th,
0:45.7	shortly before midnight in Kabul.
0:48.1	The Pentagon says the US military conducted, quote, the largest non-combatant evacuation
0:52.2	in history in the 18 days since August 14th, during which it evacuated 79,000.
0:58.2	Secretary Anthony Blinken assured Americans last night that the evacuation of Afghan civilians
1:02.5	and American citizens who want to leave the country will continue.
1:06.5	There are about 38 million people that live in Afghanistan.
1:09.5	He also said the United States will maintain nearby military capabilities.
1:13.5	President Biden will address the nation later today.
1:15.5	I also wanted to share an update on a story from yesterday.
1:19.2	A U.S. drone strike targeting with the government says was a suicide bomber resulted in at least
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