Military and our diplomats and intelligence professionals. That was the choice, the real choice, between leaving or escalating. I was not going to extend this forever war. And i was not extending a forever exit. To those asking for a third decade of war in afghanistan, i ask, what is the vital national interest . It was time to end this war. We will maintain the fight against terrorism. We just dont need to fight a Ground War to do it. And to isisk, we are not done with you yet. The speech gets the broader outlines of his Foreign Policy, saying that the era of Nation Building is over. The president also noted that the u. S. Would help evacuate the estimated 1 to 200 americans still in afghanistan, if they want to leave. The State Department also think kabul embassy staff, posting this photo taken just before the departure. There is no longer an embassy in afghanistan. Those diplomats will now be based in qatar. Meanwhile Nbc News has learned more about just how closely the taliban work
Believed that just 10 years later our armed forces would enjoy a renaissance and respect. 20 years on it would be regarded War Winning Juggernaut innovation and courage or 30 years later it would ride so high in public estimation that a bipartisan Super Majority thought it perfectly reasonable to send our armed forces to the other side of the world to two alien societies filled with pheasants and fanatics in our own image. Why did it happen . It happened for a brief moment in history, the arms of the United States grasped its purpose and place. Between the humiliation of the 1970s and the union russ of uber russ. Emerged are all too fleeting rediscovery of just what our country requires. America wasnt built on a streak of easy winnens a gordon gotten handouts won through suffering, pain that preceded any triumph and the men who won it were those who knew, taps cliche but its true that freedom isnt free. Freedom isnt free. Ben son of this says the armed forces perfect. The institution n
president joe biden retaliating tonight, five days after three army reservists were killed in attack on jordan, strikes across iraq and syria is the beginning of what will likely be strikes on iran backed militias making attacks on u.s. troops in the middle east and will continue at times and places of our choosing unquote. while avoiding a full scale blow up with iran in a region already in turmoil over the israel-hamas war all this on the day the president performed one of the most solemn duties of the commander-in-chief, attending to the dignified return of the three american soldiers killed in the attack in jordan on sunday. tonight we are covering all aspects of this breaking news. orrin lieberman at the pentagon ben wedeman. orrin what do we know about these strikes in iraq and syria tonight. laura a series of strikes that are order of magnitude larger than what we have seen the u.s. do the last couple months simultaneous strikes in iraq syria seven different location
ready for membership in nato, the whole of nato together is really critical. i don t think there s unanimity in nato about whether or not to bring ukraine into the nato family now at this moment in the middle of a war. tim and the former president las vegas this weekend, making clear who leases s two biggest rivals in his quest to return to the white house. a live report on that in a couple of minutes. and expect fireworks on capitol hill as congress reconvenes tomorrow. expected, admits, i should say, marjorie taylor greene and the house freedom caucus. voted to kick her out. plus, i wanna speak to sara mcbride, hopes to become the very first transgender member of the u.s. congress. that is coming up. you do not want to miss an incredibly crucial conversation. and black friday in july. by retailers to get shoppers back into the stores. we re gonna tell you all about that coming up. we want to start that with the president. over the atlantic this hour with a very busy age
GENEVA — The Ashtabula County Veterans Service Commission hosted its third annual Rite of Passage Ceremony at Geneva High School on Thursday to honor students going into the military.