President Biden defiantly defended his administration's execution of the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, saying that he doesn't think the crisis represents a failure and there was no way to better handle the end to the nation's longest war.
In an interview with ABC News, Biden was asked if it was a failure of intelligence, planning, execution or judgment that led to the situation in Afghanistan. "I don't think it was a failure," the President responded.He added,"When you had the government of Afghanistan, the leader of that government getting into a plane and taking off and going to another country.
Asked if that was"always priced into the decision," Biden initially responded yes, but then added that exactly what happened was not part of his calculation. "One of the things we didn't know is what the Taliban would do, in terms of trying to keep people from getting out. What they would do. What are they doing now? They're cooperating, letting American citizens get out, American personnel get out, embassies get out, etc.
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