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Afghanistan showed Biden unbowed
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Hours after the last US military flight out of Kabul, President Joe Biden began a meeting in the White House Situation Room with praise.
"You all did a helluva job," Biden told his top national security aides, according to a White House official. He feels the same way about his own performance. His conviction was not melted by a weeks-long blowtorch of criticism for the chaotic conclusion to the nation's 20-year military involvement in Afghanistan. The flames, as broad as they were intense, came from Democrats as well as Republicans, Americans who voted for him and those who didn't.More Related News

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