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plausible deniability and frankly a legal defense that he can now use. >> former fbi agent asha and neal, thank you. that does it for us this morning. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. good morning. im jose diaz-balart. right now we are awaiting decisions from the supreme court. just four cases to go for this session. including one on immigration that will decide whether a controversial trump era rule will stay in effect. and bombshell testimony. we are taking a deep ...

Europe safer? >> make europe safer, of course. now russia is an aggressor in ukraine. russia attacks ukraine and russia, russia is a threat for europe but not only for europe whole nato. this is very clear situation now. >> reporter: jose, that 300,000 nato troops on high alert is another big number announced by the nato secretary-general today. not entirely clear where the troops will be or how the numbers add up. well wait to see how that displays itself if you like in the days ahead. >> admir...

I dont think they got everything they want but it was a good negotiation led by president biden, frankly. the big news, the real headline is adding sweden and finland. we are bringing new u.s. troops but heres a way to instantlytiy of conscription and high tech systems. they deployed with the nato troops. sweden, for example, manufactures very high-tech aircraft. this is a huge plus up for nato and a good day for the alliance. >> admiral, is there any concern that putin could react a certain way...

Learn more at viking.com we turn now to a major break through within nato with the expansion of the alliance now more likely. nato leaders have invited finland and sweden to join nato after turkey dropped its objection to the membership in light of russias aggression in ukraine. meanwhile on the ground in ukraine stunning new video of the very moment of impact when a russian missile strikes a shopping mall filled with civilians. russia claims it was not the intended target and meant to strike ...

US troop withdrawal must lead to end of Al-Qaeda terror   Tue, Apr 13 2021 09:35:02 PM New Delhi, Apr 13 (IANS): The threat terror outfit Al-Qaeda based out of Afghanistan poses to US national security is a critical factor in the Joe Biden administration deciding whether to withdraw American troops from the war-torn country by May 1. The American military and security experts are backing for a withdrawal only after neutralising the threat from Al-Qaeda and Islamic State Khorasan Province and ...

April 8, 2021 Share Without coming right out and saying it, President Joe Biden seems ready to let lapse a May 1 deadline for completing a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Orderly withdrawals take time, and Biden is running out of it. Biden has inched so close to the deadline that his indecision amounts almost to a decision to put off, at least for a number of months, a pullout of the remaining 2,500 troops and continue supporting the Afghan military at the risk of a Taliban ...

President Biden seems likely to extend US troop presence in Afghanistan Share Updated: 3:09 AM CDT Apr 8, 2021 ROBERT BURNS AP Photos/Lolita Baldor, File In this Jan. 31, 2020, file photo Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, center, top U.S. commander for the Middle East, makes an unannounced visit in Kabul, Afghanistan. SOURCE: AP Photos/Lolita Baldor, File TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 3:09 AM CDT Apr 8, 2021 ...

Biden seems ready to extend US troop presence in Afghanistan Robert Burns , WASHINGTON (AP) — Without coming right out and saying it, President Joe Biden seems ready to let lapse a May 1 deadline for completing a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Orderly withdrawals take time, and Biden is running out of it. Biden has inched so close to the deadline that his indecision amounts almost to a decision to put off, at least for a number of months, a pullo...

241 James Stavidis, a retired Navy admiral who served as NATO’s top commander from 2009 to 2013, says it would be unwise at this point to get out quickly. Reuters file Washington, April 8 Without coming right out and saying it, President Joe Biden seems ready to let lapse a May 1 deadline for completing a withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. Orderly withdrawals take time, and Biden is running out of it. Biden has inched so close to the deadline that his indecision amounts almost to a...

Orderly withdrawals take time, and Biden is running out of it. Biden has inched so close to the deadline that his indecision amounts almost to a decision to put off, at least for a number of months, a pullout of the remaining 2,500 troops and continue supporting the Afghan military at the risk of a Taliban backlash. Removing all of the troops and their equipment in the next three weeks along with coalition partners who cant get out on their own would be difficult logistically, as Biden himse...