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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
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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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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.
Washington Post:
Eerie tension settles over Kabul as Taliban patrols the streets and U.S. reasserts control at the airport following chaotic scenes — Horrifying scenes of desperate Afghans, lunging for the wheels of a U.S. military aircraft as it taxied for takeoff from Kabul airport Monday …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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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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.
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.
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Leon Panetta compares fall of Afghanistan to Bay of Pigs
Leon Panetta compares fall of Afghanistan to Bay of Pigs
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Politico:
Biden was barreling toward perilous political waters. Then Afghanistan happened.
Biden was barreling toward perilous political waters. Then Afghanistan happened.
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The Boston Globe:
‘Anger, sadness, fear’: Veterans of Afghan war react to collapse
‘Anger, sadness, fear’: Veterans of Afghan war react to collapse
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Washington Post:
The debacle in Afghanistan is the worst kind: Avoidable
The debacle in Afghanistan is the worst kind: Avoidable
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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Billions spent on Afghan army ultimately benefited Taliban
Billions spent on Afghan army ultimately benefited Taliban
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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
Maeve Sheehey / Politico:
Poll: Support for Afghanistan withdrawal plummets as Taliban seize control
Poll: Support for Afghanistan withdrawal plummets as Taliban seize control
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The White House:
Remarks by President Biden on Afghanistan
Remarks by President Biden on Afghanistan
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Daniel Silverberg / The Atlantic:
Biden Was Right — In 2017, I arrived at Kabul's Hamid Karzai Airport as part of a congressional staff delegation.
Biden Was Right — In 2017, I arrived at Kabul's Hamid Karzai Airport as part of a congressional staff delegation.
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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
Ex-Obama adviser: Why Biden must fire his national security adviser for Afghanistan failure
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John McCormack / National Review:
What Biden Left Out When He Blamed Afghans for the Taliban's Swift Victory
What Biden Left Out When He Blamed Afghans for the Taliban's Swift Victory
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Daniel McCarthy / spectatorworld.com:
The American epoch of failure
The American epoch of failure
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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
You Can Help Afghan Refugees Get Resettled in the DC Area
You Can Help Afghan Refugees Get Resettled in the DC Area
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Dana Loesch / Dana Loesch's Chapter and Verse:
The Blame for Afghanistan — We saw a revolving door of officials yoke an entire generation …
The Blame for Afghanistan — We saw a revolving door of officials yoke an entire generation …
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The Guardian:
Kabul airport: footage appears to show Afghans falling from plane after takeoff
Kabul airport: footage appears to show Afghans falling from plane after takeoff
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Samuel Benson / Deseret News:
They aided the U.S. military in Afghanistan for years. Have we left them to die?
They aided the U.S. military in Afghanistan for years. Have we left them to die?
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Joshua Nelson / Fox News:
Lindsey Graham: Trump would not have withdrawn from Afghanistan if chaos was going to be the result
Lindsey Graham: Trump would not have withdrawn from Afghanistan if chaos was going to be the result
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Biden says the ‘buck stops with me’ — while pinning blame on Trump and many Afghans
Biden says the ‘buck stops with me’ — while pinning blame on Trump and many Afghans
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Kyle Drennen / Newsbusters:
Deranged MSNBC: ‘95%’ of Americans Agree With Biden (They Don't)
Deranged MSNBC: ‘95%’ of Americans Agree With Biden (They Don't)
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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.
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Jack Beresford / Newsweek:
GOP Removes Page Praising Donald Trump's ‘Historic’ Peace Deal With Taliban — The Republican National Committee has removed a webpage from 2020 in which it praised Donald Trump for signing a “historic peace agreement with the Taliban.” — David Weigel, of The Washington Post …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden officials: Trump left bare cupboard on Afghanistan
Biden officials: Trump left bare cupboard on Afghanistan
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Jake Dima / Washington Examiner:
Trump follows Biden speech by blasting ‘grossly incompetent’ Afghanistan withdrawal
Trump follows Biden speech by blasting ‘grossly incompetent’ Afghanistan withdrawal
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Peter Weber / The Week:
GOP takes down 2020 page touting Trump's ‘historic peace agreement with the Taliban’
GOP takes down 2020 page touting Trump's ‘historic peace agreement with the Taliban’
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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.
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Axios:
Scoop: Investigation finds fired Tennessee vaccine official mailed dog muzzle to self — A Tennessee investigation found evidence that the state's fired vaccine chief, Michelle Fiscus, purchased a dog muzzle that she previously claimed someone had mailed in an attempt to intimidate her.
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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.
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