National Security Adviser on Afghanistan and Troop Withdrawal
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan addresses the current situation in Afghanistan and the troop withdrawal. He said…
White House Daily Briefing
2021-08-17T17:32:54-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNjRjXC8yMDIxMDgxNzEzMzQxOTAwMV9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan held a briefing to discuss the situation in Afghanistan as well as other news of the day. Regarding the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan and U.S. troop withdrawal, the national security adviser said, “What has unfolded over the past month has proven decisively that it would have taken a significant American troop presence, multiple times greater, than what President Biden was handed, to stop a Taliban onslaught,” and that “we would have taken casualties.” When asked about the chaos in Afghanistan, he said that the president and the entire national security team take "responsibility for every decision the United States government took with respect to Afghanistan, because, as he said, the buck stops with him.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan held a briefing to discuss the situation in Afghanistan as… read more
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan held a briefing to discuss the situation in Afghanistan as well as other news of the day. Regarding the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan and U.S. troop withdrawal, the national security adviser said, “What has unfolded over the past month has proven decisively that it would have taken a significant American troop presence, multiple times greater, than what President Biden was handed, to stop a Taliban onslaught,” and that “we would have taken casualties.” When asked about the chaos in Afghanistan, he said that the president and the entire national security team take "responsibility for every decision the United States government took with respect to Afghanistan, because, as he said, the buck stops with him. close
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