Weekly Roundup: July 9th

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🗓️ 9 July 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

President Biden gave a defensive speech Thursday updating the American public on his plan for withdrawal from Afghanistan. He said that the United States accomplished its mission in Afghanistan, though his administration acknowledged earlier in the day that the two-decade war "has not been won militarily" and that there are ongoing risks to the safety and prosperity of Afghans.

Domestically, the White House is stalled on voting rights reforms: Democrats in Congress can't find a route around the filibuster and conservative courts have throttled historic enforcement options made possible by the Voting Rights Act.

This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, White House correspondent Scott Detrow, Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman, White House correspondent Ayesha Rascoe, and national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson.

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0:00.0	This is Brenna in Connecticut and I just filed for unemployment for the very last time.
0:04.6	After 352 long days on furlough, I finally start back at work tomorrow.
0:10.2	The spot guest was recorded at 11.09am on Friday, July 9th.
0:16.0	Things may have changed by the time you hear it, but I wager I'll still be happily sorting through
0:19.8	a year's worth of unanswered emails.
0:21.6	Okay, here's the show.
0:23.2	That is amazing. Congratulations. Congratulations on returning to the salt mines.
0:32.1	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamra Keith. I cover the White House.
0:36.6	I'm Scott Detro. I also cover the White House.
0:39.2	And we are joined today by NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman. Hi, Tom.
0:44.8	Hey, Tam.
0:45.6	In remarks from the East Room of the White House, President Biden updated Americans on his plan
0:51.6	to end the nation's longest war.
0:54.3	I will not send another generation of Americans to war in Afghanistan with no reasonable expectation
1:01.3	of achieving a different outcome.
1:03.2	So Scott, how did Biden characterize the war in Afghanistan as he now attempts to bring it to an end?
1:10.3	You know, he made a lot of points, points that he made in initial speech in April,
1:14.9	announcing this decision, points that he's campaigned on, you know, in the several years that he ran for president,
1:20.3	that it's been a generation, you know, this war started shortly after the September 11th, 2001 attacks.
1:26.7	We are about to hit the 20th anniversary of those attacks.
1:30.5	And Biden's argument is that the US accomplished its immediate short term first round of goals that is
1:38.0	of thwarting al-Qaeda, finding and killing Osama bin Laden.
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