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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBiden to stick to Aug. 31 Afghan withdrawal deadline (*)
WASHINGTON President Joe Biden intends to stick to the current Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, leaving a narrow timeline to finish evacuating Americans and Afghan allies, according to multiple senior administration officials.
There is a contingency plan in place to stay longer if the mission requires it, the sources told NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-stick-aug-31-afghan-withdrawal-deadline-u-s-speeds-n1277536
There is a contingency plan in place to stay longer if the mission requires it, the sources told NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-stick-aug-31-afghan-withdrawal-deadline-u-s-speeds-n1277536
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Biden to stick to Aug. 31 Afghan withdrawal deadline (*) (Original Post)
BeyondGeography
Aug 2021
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He's deciding to stick with the deadline unless we don't meet the deadline, in other words. n/t
PoliticAverse
Aug 2021
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PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)1. He's deciding to stick with the deadline unless we don't meet the deadline, in other words. n/t
agingdem
(8,792 posts)2. My father was an Auschwitz survivor..
he could speak 5 languages fluently...English wasn't one of them...but when he would make a decision he would slap his hand on the kitchen table and shout " Dat's dat!"...I love it when Joe makes a 'Dat's dat"...
Srkdqltr
(9,536 posts)3. I really hope he would never tell all.
Amazing how the press feels they need to know all the steps so they can tell all so that the enemy can know also.
I'm sure there are things and arrangements made that they are not telling.
