Pres. Biden is scheduled to deliver remarks nearly 24 hours after the last military plane cleared airspace above Afghanistan, but without more than 100 Americans who still wanted to get out of the country.
conducted after Thursday's suicide attack in Kabul which killed 13 service members and wounded 20. The survey found the percentage of Americans who think U.S. troops should stay until all Americans are out of Afghanistan is 86% among Democrats, 87% among Republicans and 86% among Independents.
Some have criticized the president following Sunday's dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base, where he met with families. White House press secretary Jen Psaki wouldn't respond directly to criticism from one family but said that the president feels responsible for their loss at a briefing on Monday.
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, in an exclusive interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC's"Good Morning America," defended the withdrawal and contended that only the president, as commander in chief, knows what it is to make these hard decisions.Afghan Air Force's A-29 attack aircrafts sit among strewn armored vests inside a hangar at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 31, 2021, after the U.S. pulled all its troops out of the country.
Perhaps foreshadowing Biden's remarks, Sullivan also claimed the U.S. and the international community have"enormous leverage" on the Taliban to ensure those Americans and Afghans who want to get out can do so.
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