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Lessons From Afghanistan

Commentary You have to give President Biden credit for consistency. Unfortunately, he has been consistently wrong. As Robert Gates, former defense secretary in the Obama administration once put it, Biden has “been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.” Biden’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan (and…


Biden Defense Secretary Doesn’t Plan to Resign Over Afghanistan Debacle

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has not offered to resign over the situation in Afghanistan, a Pentagon official said Monday. “No,” John Kirby, a Department of Defense spokesperson, told reporters in Washington when asked if Austin had offered his resignation to President Joe Biden over the debacle in the Middle Eastern country, or if he intended…


Bipartisan Appeal to Biden: Get US Citizens and Allies out of Afghanistan

U.S. lawmakers urge President Joe Biden to move swiftly to get U.S. citizens and allies out of Afghanistan and share his plan for how he will keep the American people safe. Putting aside partisanship, lawmakers from both parties are calling on Biden to do whatever it takes to get U.S. citizens and allies out of…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (Aug. 16)

The nation’s food stamp program to receive the biggest permanent increase in history. How much more will people get per month, and how much will it cost? T-Mobile, investigating claims that the personal data of its customers was hacked. A hacker is reportedly offering the data for sale in an online forum. Airlines avoiding Afghanistan and its airspace after the…


Biden Responds to Afghanistan Collapse: ‘This Did Unfold More Quickly Than We Anticipated’

After facing a bevy of bipartisan criticism, President Joe Biden on Monday afternoon acknowledged that the collapse of Afghanistan happened more quickly than his administration had anticipated. “This did unfold more quickly than we anticipated,” Biden said at the White House, blaming Afghanistan’s political and military leaders for giving up and fleeing the country. The…


LIVE: Pentagon Press Briefing Amid Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan


Ex-CIA Director: Afghanistan Collapse Is Biden’s ‘Bay of Pigs’ Moment,’ US Credibility Is ‘Now in Question’

Former Obama administration Department of Defense Secretary and CIA Director Leon Panetta said that following the collapse of the Afghanistan government and army, the United States’s credibility on the world stage has taken a significant blow. Surprised U.S. officials over the weekend struggled to explain how quickly the Taliban advanced across Afghanistan before the group…


LIVE: Biden Delivers Remarks on Afghanistan


Russian Embassy Claims Afghan President Fled With Cars and Helicopter ‘Full of Money’

The former president of Afghanistan reportedly fled the country with four vehicles and a helicopter “full of money” as Taliban insurgents closed in and took control of the nation’s capital, according to Russian embassy staff in Kabul. President Ashraf Ghani, whose current whereabouts are unknown, confirmed in a statement on Aug. 15 that he fled the…


UK Working on Number of Afghan Refugees It Will Accept: Foreign Secretary

The UK is working on how many Afghan refugees it can accept, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Monday, as countries prepare for an exodus following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Asked to give an estimated number after a Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms meeting, Raab told reporters the government is currently working it out. “We’re obviously…