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BeyondGeography

(39,374 posts)
Tue Aug 24, 2021, 01:16 PM Aug 2021

Biden 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
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Biden to stick to Aug. 31 Afghan withdrawal deadline (*) (Original Post) BeyondGeography Aug 2021 OP
He's deciding to stick with the deadline unless we don't meet the deadline, in other words. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2021 #1
My father was an Auschwitz survivor.. agingdem Aug 2021 #2
I really hope he would never tell all. Srkdqltr Aug 2021 #3

agingdem

(7,849 posts)
2. My father was an Auschwitz survivor..
Tue Aug 24, 2021, 01:28 PM
Aug 2021

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

(6,285 posts)
3. I really hope he would never tell all.
Tue Aug 24, 2021, 01:37 PM
Aug 2021

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.

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