Biden: It Was time to End the War in Afghanistan and Bring Our Troops Home, ‘And We Did’

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BIDEN: “So when I took office, I had a choice. Ultimately, I saw no reason to keep thousands of servicemen in Afghanistan. I think I have my schedule with me and I keep on my — I don’t here, don’t have, but I keep it on the back of my card, the actual number of dead and wounded that occurred in our longest war, to remind myself. Keep spending hundreds of millions of dollars a day. We’re no longer doing that. In my view, it was time to end the war and bring our troops home, and we did. I commend the courage of all those who served in Afghanistan. We grieve all 2,461 Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in the longest war in American history, and I grieve those brave service members whose lives were lost during the withdrawal.”