Biden Defends Afghan Exit Timing, Saying It Saved U.S. Lives
- ‘It was time to end this war,’ president says, pounding fist
- Airlift was historic, he says, moving over 117,000 people
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President Joe Biden declared an end to two decades of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, offering an impassioned defense of his withdrawal and rejecting criticism that it was mishandled.
“I was not going to extend this forever war, and I was not extending a forever exit,” he said in remarks from the State Dining Room at the White House on Tuesday.