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  1. Aug 26

    Yes we love our ! 👏🏻

    Today I watched on @CBSN - CBS’s streaming service - the coverage of the bombings and deaths of our marines that was anchored by …I was so impressed w/ his coverage…I could learn from him
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    Aug 26

    This is what American troops were doing before terrorists struck today

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    Aug 24

    Thirty four members of Congress served in Afghanistan, Iraq, or both— including nine Democrats and 25 Republicans. They want answers

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  4. Aug 22

    New CBS Polling:

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    CBS NEWS POLL: 74% say the removal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan has either gone “very badly” or “somewhat badly,” while 2/3s believe Pres. Biden “does not have a clear plan for evacuating U.S. citizens.”
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    Aug 21

    A message from one of the many Afghans I have been hopelessly, infuriatingly unable to help…. “Thank you sister. Have a good life. Not same like our.”

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    WATCH: has been speaking to people in Kabul as thousands try to evacuate Afghanistan and flee the Taliban. "They're really scared... they saw this future that they've been working towards just disappear in a matter of 11 days."
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  6. Aug 20

    Biden says this commitment also extends to Afghans who have helped the United States.

    Biden pledge to Americans in Afghanistan 8/20/21: "Any American who wants to come home: We will get you home."
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  7. Aug 20

    Earlier this week when asked about photos and videos of Afghans scaling planes and walls in desperation, Biden responded that it was days ago. Today, Biden says he doesn't know how anyone could look at those photos and not see that pain.

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  8. Aug 20

    Biden pledge to Americans in Afghanistan 8/20/21: "Any American who wants to come home: We will get you home."

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    Aug 20

    Biden insisted the Afghan army would fight; it largely didn’t. Blinken scoffed at the notion that Kabul would fall over a weekend; and yet it did. The Saigon moment Biden feared had arrived. Inside Washington’s chaotic scramble as Afghanistan collapsed—

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  10. Aug 18

    Potus says chaos was “priced in” and yet Biden, his Secretary of State, and General Miley have all been saying this week said they did not anticipate such a quick fall.

    "So for you, that was always priced into the decision?" Stephanopoulos asked. "Yes," Biden replied.
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    Aug 18

    Democrats say they'll probe why Biden administration wasn't better prepared for a "worst-case scenario" in Afghanistan

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    Aug 18

    Here is what it looks like at the East Gate of today… from a green card holder trying to get in:

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  13. Aug 18

    This incredibly brave reporting by shows the contradiction between what they are seeing on the ground and what the White House is saying. You can feel the desperation from Afghans in this report. They have their paperwork +green cards and can’t get in to the airport

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    Shots ring out behind - as she stands less than 200 yards from the entrance of the Kabul airport. "It's definitely chaotic, she says. "It's definitely dangerous."
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    Aug 18

    Many people in Afghanistan remain in hiding or on the run, and a NATO official says a stampede at Kabul's airport this morning injured at least 17 people. and her team traveled with one group of refugees on an overnight flight out of the country.

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    Aug 17

    Now that the Taliban has taken over Afghanistan, what will happen to the Afghanistan fighters trained by the U.S. military? And what about the supplies funded by the U.S.? CBS News International Correspondent explains.

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    Aug 16

    "The Afghan forces were losing morale": , who has reported from Afghanistan dozens of times, explains the challenges in geography, training and military supplies that led to Afghan forces being overwhelmed by the Taliban

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    Aug 16

    This doesn’t jive with some of the reporting on individual Afghans who say they’ve been trying (in some cases, for years) to get a visa. Example - on today -

    Biden addresses criticisms for lagging on evacuating vulnerable Afghan civilians sooner: "Part of the answer is that they did not want to leave earlier… part is because [the Afghan gov't]" discouraged us from triggering "a mass exodus."
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  18. Aug 16

    Biden says they didn't evacuate Afghans earlier because Afghans didn't want to leave earlier, were still hopeful for their country, and that the Afghan government urged the U.S. against a "mass exodus."

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  19. Aug 16

    Biden's defense rests on the decision to stay or leave. But that misses the mark of the criticism, which is not necessarily centered on the withdrawal itself but the timeline, the chaos of evacuations, the underestimation of Afghan forces, not moving Afghans out of earlier.

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  20. Aug 16

    Biden, defiant: "I stand squarely behind my decision," he says. "The truth is, this did unfold more quickly than we anticipated."

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