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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Body Parts Found in Landing Gear of Flight From Kabul, Officials SayHarrowing video of the chaos, recorded by the Afghan news media, has
circulated around the world. The Air Force said the episode was under
investigation. read more
Crowd control with civilian crowds is not much taught in the U.S. military.
Planning for a bug out was not encoouraged under Trump.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 hours ago
Millions of Americans Could Be Eligible for Covid Vaccine BoosterThe Food and Drug Administration must decide that third shots are safe and
effective for Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, the two vaccines that were
rolled out first and have been most used. read more
First we need a booster and a need for a booster.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
Intelligence Warned of Afghanistan Military Collapse, Despite Biden’s AssurancesEven as the president was telling the public that Kabul was unlikely to
fall, intelligence assessments painted a grimmer picture. read more
Wars do not end with a lie or with many lies.
Biden pointed that out.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
Biden Stands Behind Afghan Withdrawal in SpeechThe president said U.S. troops should not be fighting a war Afghan forces
are not willing to fight. Afghanistan’s leaders and military had been given
every chance to determine their future, he said. read more
Wars do not end with a lie or with many lies.
Biden pointed that out.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
US to Advise Booster Shots for Most Americans 8 Months After VaccinationNursing home residents and health care workers will most likely be the
first to get booster shots, as soon as September, followed by other older
people who were vaccinated last winter. read more
We keep learning more
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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago
Afghanistan, Vietnam and the Limits of American PowerThe fall of Kabul is not the fall of Saigon. But historians still point to
some useful parallels and lessons. read more
NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago
Pete Buttigieg Says He and His Husband Are Adopting a ChildThe transportation secretary said that the process was not yet complete but
that he and his husband “can’t wait to share more soon.” read more
Good luck with the project.
I wish them success.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics6 hours ago
House Democrats Plan to Press Ahead With Budget Blueprint VoteSpeaker Nancy Pelosi plans to disregard warnings from moderate Democrats
who want a vote on the infrastructure bill before the budget blueprint. read more
Nancy Pelosi can count.
She has long experience with fractious legislators.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics7 hours ago
House Democrats Introduce John Lewis Voting Rights Legislation
The House plans to vote on it next week, but Republicans promise to block
it in the Senate. read more
The Republicans in the senate are wrong on voting rights legislation.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics7 hours ago
Lawmakers from both parties express fury over the withdrawal from Afghanistan.If President Biden hoped to find cover from politicians in both parties who
had reached a broad consensus on withdrawal, he was most likely
disappointed. read more
The errors of George W. Bush do not deserve preservation.
The problem of international terrorism belongs at the U.N.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics9 hours ago
Taliban Sweep in Afghanistan Follows Years of U.S. MiscalculationsAn Afghan military that did not believe in itself and a U.S. effort that
Mr. Biden, and most Americans, no longer believed in brought an ignoble end
to America’s longest war. read more
Recriminations do not help.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recrimination
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NYT > U.S. > Politics9 hours ago
Intelligence Warned of Afghan Military Collapse, Despite Biden’s AssurancesEven as the president was telling the public that Kabul was unlikely to
fall, intelligence assessments painted a grimmer picture. read more
Biden was trapped by Trump's promises to the Taliban.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics11 hours ago
Thousands of Afghans who helped the U.S. are trapped. What happens next?Many of those who worked alongside U.S. troops have waited years for visas
to come to the United States. The speedy withdrawal of forces left most of
them behind. read more
It is reported on NPR that the Taliban are preventing Afghan nationals from traveling to the airport.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics13 hours ago
U.S. veterans watch Afghan collapse with anguish, rage and relief.“I just can’t help thinking about what a waste it is,” one veteran said. “I
can’t allow myself to think about how after all that blood and treasure, it
ends like this.” read more
Garrison troops are always abused.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics13 hours ago
Chris Cuomo of CNN breaks silence on his brother’s scandal.“I tried to do the right thing,” the host told viewers, in his first public
remarks since Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he would resign. read more
Andrew Cuomo has resigned.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics16 hours ago
U.S. Preparing Plan to Offer Vaccine Boosters, Perhaps By FallA policy has not been set. But nursing home residents and health care
workers would most likely be first in line. read more
Get the booster when and if it is offered.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics20 hours ago
U.S. to Advise Boosters for Most Americans 8 Months After VaccinationNursing home residents and health care workers will most likely be the
first to get booster shots, as soon as September, followed by other older
people who were vaccinated last winter. read more
NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Get the booster when and if it is offered.
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Lawmakers Unite in Bipartisan Fury Over Afghanistan WithdrawalIf President Biden hoped to find cover from politicians in both parties who
had reached a broad consensus on withdrawal, he was most likely
disappointed. read more
The trap was constructed by Trump.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Read the Full Transcript of Biden's Afghanistan SpeechMr. Biden spoke from the White House on Monday afternoon after the collapse
of the Afghan government to the Taliban. read more
Done.
NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
No Flights Land or Leave Kabul's Airport, Pentagon SaysTroops had been working to secure the airport on Monday after halting
flights because of security concerns on the civilian side, officials said. read more
"U.S. military planes resumed flying into Hamid Karzai International
Airport in Kabul on Monday evening after a pause earlier in the day
while troops worked to secure the airport."
Flight continues.
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