what s your reaction to that? you know, chris, this has been a really difficult exercise to get our troops out of afghanistan. the last administration had committed the u.s. to pulling out of afghanistan without a real plan to do so. and so while president biden has said that this would not have been the way he would have executed this withdraw, we had committed to this and our decisions, what we were left with, was either to surge, a troop surge to protect our troops there in what we would anticipate would be further attacks by the taliban if we did not withdraw, or to continue that withdraw. i think, after 20 years of fighting in afghanistan with the world s best, most professional, most well-equipped military, the united states military, after 20 years if we had not found a pathway to creating a stable democracy, that could not be found. the u.s. military and our troops
in the last few days of the u.s. military presence in afghanistan. two afghan air forces, as they try to retake a number of districts. but they ve had only limited success there. military leaders pushed for a small military presence in afghanistan to assist afghan forces in their fight against the taliban and other groups, and their ability to hold the country and keep the government together. but in the end biden decided the only troops that remain there, 650 or so, or perhaps some more, will be used to guard the embassy there. he wants a diplomatic presence in the country and to perhaps assist in protection of kabul international airport. a necessary facility if you want to move people in and out. biden opposed president barack obama s troop surge about a decade ago, and that opposition is evident in the decision to get out. he didn t see a need after the elimination of osama bin lauden a decade ago, and no terror threat posed to the homeland to stay longer. jim? a lot of folks in
south and turn states the president made red back to blue. plus, his house speaker nancy pelosi anti-impeachment plan collapsing? tonight another democrat calleds the call for impeachment proceedings didn t start now. hello and welcome to fox news @ night. i m shannon bream in washington. we begin tonight with the mounting tensions with iran. correspondent david spunt is here with the late-breaking developments. good evening, david. the u.s. position continues to escalate. acting defense secretary pat shanahan announced the 1,000 troop surge in a statement a few hours ago. we are talking about air force, navy, army, and marines, to address with the trump administration is calling a threat in the middle east. shanahan is quoted tonight, the united states does not see conflict with iran. the action today is being taken to ensure the safety and welfare of our military personnel working throughout the region and to protect our national
would have been just fine. the latest agreement would expedite a program called the migration protection protocol which sends people wanting in the u.s. to mexico to wait the process. diplomacy at its finest, the president doing precisely what he said he would do. this isn t the end of the road. we have a lot of work to do. has there been a tariff threat payoff to speak of? to hear the mexican government tell it the answer is now, its foreign minister saying that despite the assertion there is no secret or pending deal on the books. as for mexico s troop surge along its southern border, previously planned, not new new and there is no plan to criminalize migration through the border. mexico would never do that and much legsz this government. just because someone wants to move doesn t make them a criminal. a split verdict on capitol hill with new york senator chuck
press corps awed by the candidate s wit and candor. for a brief period, it looked like mccain might win the nomination. he he beat george w. bush in the new hampshire primary by 19 points that year, but his seat of the pants challenge collapsed soon after, and he conceded in march of 2000, returning to the senate. mccain soon emerged as a leading voice on american foreign policy. he helped lead the charge for george w. bush s invasion of iraq in 2003 as well as for the bitterly debated troop surge in that country several years later. at the end of bush s second term, mccain once again announced his candidacy for president, this time he won the nomination. in a surprise move at the republican convention in minneapolis, mccain introduced his running mate, alaska governor sarah palin. he later conceded he barely knew palin. in the end, unified media support for his opponent and historic financial collapse that voters blamed on the republican