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Biden remains out of public view as attacks mar Afghanistan evacuation
NY Post ^ | 08/26/2021 | Steve Nelson

Posted on 08/26/2021 12:35:31 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

WASHINGTON — President Biden and his administration’s top staff cleared public events from their schedules Thursday as the deadly bombings near Kabul’s airport killed US service members and complicated an already desperate evacuation of Americans and at-risk Afghans.

The grisly attack reportedly killed at least 12 US service members and wounded others, leaving the bodies of many Afghans strewn along a canal outside the airport.

Biden was supposed to meet at 11:30 a.m. in the Oval Office with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, but the meeting was delayed and then rescheduled to Friday.

Biden also canceled a planned 3 p.m. virtual meeting with governors on Afghan refugee resettlement.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki was supposed to host her daily press briefing at noon, but it was delayed without a new start time.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; attacks; biden; evacuation
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To: ChicagoConservative27

…mar Afganistan evacuation.”

Wow, that seems harsh and strongly worded…


81 posted on 08/26/2021 3:28:36 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day)
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To: ModelBreaker

“The top of ticket going down for dementia makes the whole party look stupid.”

Well, they will forget all that pretty quickly once Harris steps in….


82 posted on 08/26/2021 3:30:33 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day)
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