Apr 15, 2021
The Toronto Raptors defeated the San Antonio Spurs, 117-112 on Wednesday night. Pascal Siakam recorded 20 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists for the Raptors, while DeMar DeRozan tallied 19 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists for the Spurs.
The Spurs return home to host the Trail Blazers on Friday night.
1 Biden Lays Out Troop Withdrawal
The U.S. will end its long military involvement in Afghanistan. That’s the word from President Biden, who spoke at the White House and noted that the U.S. entered Afghanistan nearly 20 years ago. As you’ll recall, that was shortly after the 9-11 terrorist attacks. Biden said it s been roughly ten years since the U.S. killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and argued it s time to end America s longest war and bring U.S. troops home. There are roughly three-thousand U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The President said a gradual, final withdrawal will start on May 1st. He added, It s time to end this forever war. To that end, Biden warned the Afghan Taliban not to interfere. The withdrawal will be completed shortly before the 20th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks in September. He said the U.S. cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in Afghanistan, hoping to create ideal conditions for a withdrawal.
Apr 14, 2021
Plans to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan are expected from President Biden later today.
The White House provided excerpts from Biden s speech, in which he says it s time for American troops to come home.
The President calls the Afghan conflict America s longest war.
There are about 3000 U.S. forces remaining in the war-torn country.
Biden is expected to announce the end of a full withdrawal by the 20th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks in September.
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