Evidence that staying longer would have made the f can security forces, or the african government any more resilient or self sustaining. If 20 years, hundreds of billions of dollars and Support Equipment Training did not suffice. Why would another year . Another 5, another 10. Conversely, there is nothing strategic competitors like china and russia, or adversaries like ran and or 3 and would have like more and for the United States to re up a 20 Year War and remain bog down in afghanistan for another decade. In advance of the president s decision, i was in constant contact with our allies and partners to hear their views and fax them into our thinking. When the president announced the Withdrawal Nato immediately and unanimously embraced it, we all set to work together on the drawdown. Similar, we were intensely focused on the safety of americans and can stand in march. We began urging them to leave the country. In total between march and august, we sent 19 specific messages without war
Haiti. Lawrence the united states sending aid. Unfolding the situation in afghanistan. David spunt joins us live from washington. David, what do you know . Reporter the situation continues to rapidly deteriorate. We do know the taliban has not officially taken over the capital of kabul. We know they entered the outskirts of kabul, prompting a lot of concern internationally, certainly for many scared people that live And around kabul And parts of afghanistan. The fifth largest city i should say in afghanistan, jalalabad has been taken over under control by the taliban. That happened several hours ago. People excited roaming through the streets as the group took over. This is the fifth largest city. Fox news learned the u. S. Embassy In Kabul is being in the process of evacuated as i speak to you. The embassy is technically open for business. It could close any day. Kabul is surrounded by the taliban waiting to pounce And take over. President biden spending several days at the White Hous
Repairing our Nations Infrastructure is clear. Its no surprise, again that these president s, through the modern times including donald trump, have suggested it. Frankly, i believe donald trumps advocacy on the infrastructure helped change the way many in the republican Party View these kinds of investments. This investment in repairing and upgrading our infrastructure will also have a real and lasting impact on our economy long term. There is a lot of discussion about inflation right now. Again, making the economy more efficient, more productive, growing the economy. Thats what economists would call by investing in hard assets and jobs the supplyside. These are supplyside investments. This is why economists have said including Michael Strain of the conservative american enterprise institute, this will be counterinflationary. Thats important to note, too. By the way this money is not going to be spent next year. Its not going to be spent hardly at all the next year. Its going to be spe
at old trafford yesterday. which disrupted yesterday s match. and on a similar theme, coming up in half an hour: a special programme looking at the three turbulent days of the european super league forming and then failing. hello, good afternoon. the prime minister has said that social distancing the advice to stay at least a metre, or two feet, away from others stands a good chance of being scrapped onjune the 21st in england. that s the date when the remaining legal rules on social contact are due to end, and when it s hoped that the last closed sectors of the economy will finally open. borisjohnson also said today that while some foreign travel may resume after may 17th, we have got to be sensible . our political correspondent jonathan blake gave us more details. yesterday, the foreign secretary said there would be some safeguards that would be necessary beyond that, perhaps social distancing, perhaps the use of masks. the government is reviewing all these options. bu