Biden Meets With President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan
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June 25, 2021, 7:14 p.m. ETJune 25, 2021, 7:14 p.m. ET
President Biden tried to reassure Mr. Ghani that the U.S. would continue to support Afghanistan even after withdrawing troops. In Texas, Vice President Kamala Harris said immigration could not “be reduced to a political issue.”
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President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan, center, met on Thursday with Senators Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell, the Democratic and Republican leaders.Credit.Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times
President Biden pledged on Friday to Ashraf Ghani, the Afghan president, that the United States would support a safe future for Afghanistan, a country increasingly threatened by a violent insurgency as American and international troops withdraw.
In a speech, former Vice President Mike Pence went the furthest he has gone yet in distancing himself from Donald Trump and the Capitol riot. But he still praised the former president and his agenda.
The attorney general’s commitment served notice to Republican-led states imposing new voting restrictions, and included a vow to protect the voting rights of people of color.