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8:55 AM ET, August 17, 2021

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Bush Center:
Statement by President and Mrs. Bush on Afghanistan  —  “Laura and I, along with the team at the Bush Center, stand ready as Americans to lend our support and assistance in this time of need.  Let us all resolve to be united in saving lives and praying for the people of Afghanistan.”
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Tara Copp / Defense One:
Inside Reach 871, A US C-17 Packed With 640 Afghans Trying to Escape the Taliban  —  The Air Force evacuation flight from Kabul to Qatar came near the record for most people ever flown in the Boeing airlifter.  — AFGHANISTAN - WHITE HOUSE - AIR FORCE - CIVILIANS
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Biden must rescue thousands of U.S. citizens trapped in Afghanistan  —  As the situation on the ground in Afghanistan's capital continues to deteriorate, thousands of U.S. citizens are trapped in and around Kabul with no ability to get to the airport, which is their only way out of the country.
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden's promise to restore competence to the presidency is undercut by chaos in Afghanistan  —  Joe Biden presented voters with a core argument why he, more than anyone else, was the best choice to replace the wildly unorthodox Donald Trump: He would bring competence.
The New York Times Company:
Group Statement Sent to President Biden on Behalf of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post  —  Dear President Biden:  —  For the past twenty years, brave Afghan colleagues have worked tirelessly to help The New York Times, The Washington Post …
Washington Post:   Afghans who helped the U.S. and its allies left in limbo as evacuation turns chaotic
Brett Bruen / USA Today:
Ex-Obama adviser: Why Biden must fire his national security adviser for Afghanistan failure
Samuel Benson / Deseret News:
They aided the U.S. military in Afghanistan for years. Have we left them to die?
Discussion: The Daily Beast, WSVN-TV and CNN
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden officials: Trump left bare cupboard on Afghanistan  —  Senior national security officials presiding over a historic foreign policy collapse are privately expressing deep frustrations about the thin Afghanistan withdrawal plans left behind by Donald Trump.
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden to Afghanistan: Drop Dead  —  Biden is defiant in blaming others for his Afghan debacle.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  President Biden told the world on Monday that he doesn't regret his decision to withdraw rapidly from Afghanistan, or even the chaotic, incompetent way the withdrawal has been executed.
Discussion: ABC News
Joe Ferullo / The Hill:
Beltway reporting of Afghanistan withdrawal a disservice to Americans  —  As Taliban forces pushed through Afghanistan this past week, most news outlets covered the swiftly shifting story by falling back to their usual position: reporting from inside the Beltway.
Discussion: All Arab News and The Daily Caller
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Biden gave the best possible defense of his Afghanistan withdrawal  —  President Biden's case for the fruitlessness of a continued military mission in Afghanistan got a boost as the Afghan army melted away, and its leaders fled practically overnight.  During remarks from the White House on Monday …
Wall Street Journal:
Taliban Consolidate Control in Afghanistan's Capital, Thousands Remain Stranded  —  Female presenters allowed on television in possible sign of Taliban moderation  —  The Taliban consolidated their control of the Afghan capital Tuesday as many stores reopened, traffic police returned …
Discussion: Al Jazeera, The Colorado Sun, Reason and IJR
The Bulwark:
'Please Don't Leave Us Behind.  We Will Be Great Americans.'  —  An interview with a U.S.-trained Afghan Air Force pilot, now hiding from the Taliban.  —  AFGHAN AIR FORCE PILOTS LAND THEIR UH-60 BLACKHAWKS ON A NARROW LANDING STRIP DURING A RESUPPLY MISSION TO AN OUTPOST IN GHAZNI PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN, SUNDAY, MAY 9, 2021.
The White House:
Remarks by President Biden on Afghanistan
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:   Biden's Right That It's Time for Us to Leave Afghanistan
Washington Post:   After Taliban triumph, Biden faces even greater test in preventing extremist resurgence in Afghanistan
Jake Dima / Washington Examiner:
Trump follows Biden speech by blasting ‘grossly incompetent’ Afghanistan withdrawal
Discussion: Breitbart
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
U.S. to Advise Boosters for Most Americans 8 Months After Vaccination  —  Nursing home residents and health care workers will most likely be the first to get booster shots, as soon as September, followed by other older people who were vaccinated last winter.
NBC News:
Texas requests five mortuary trailers in anticipation of Covid deaths  —  With Covid-19 surging across the state, Texas has requested five mortuary trailers from the federal government in anticipation of an influx of dead bodies, state officials told NBC News.
Discussion: Insider
Eduardo Medina / New York Times:
Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening to Kill Newly Elected U.S. Senator  —  Federal prosecutors said Eduard Florea of Queens posted menacing threats online against Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Congress before and during the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Discussion: CNN
Antonio Planas / NBC News:
Female mayor in Afghanistan says she's waiting for Taliban to ‘come ... and kill me’  —  One of Afghanistan's first female mayors said Sunday that she is waiting for the Taliban to come and kill her as the Islamic militants reached the capital, Kabul.  —  “I'm sitting here waiting for them to come.
 
 
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