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Including children and babies. 1144 allied service members, including from nato member states. 444 eight workers, and 72 journalists. the number of civilian deaths could be much larger, but that is the official number. 47,245. you can call the 20-year war americas longest war, only if youre willing to overlook the nearly 300 years of war waged against the people who were found on this continent, when the europeans arrived. americas genocidal war against native tribes it not officially end until ...

Of afghanistans military and police, 51,191 members of the taliban and other opposition fighters, 47,245 afghan civilians including children and babies. 1,144 allied service members including from nato member states. 444 aid workers. and 72 journalists. the number of civilian deaths could be much larger, but that is the official number, 47,245. you can call the 20-year war americas longest war only if you are willing to overlook the 300 years of war waged against the people who were found on thi...

Afghanistan. were told that 250 u.s. citizens still are on the ground. they are hoping to leave, along with thousands of afghan friends of the united states as the taliban tightens their grip on the country thats under threat by isis-k terrorists at the same time. lets start our coverage as we await the secretary of state. our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly is joining us right now. phil, just moments ago, president biden put out a written statement on the end of this war. >> rep...

In a hospital, in saigon. president fords reaction to the rocket attack on the airport was to switch the from airplanes to helicopters, and speed it up and use those helicopters to pick up people on the tops of buildings in very dangerous maneuvers. one of those marine helicopters crash in the south china sea, killing the pilot, and his copilot. their bodies were never recovered, they were running low on fuel and repeatedly tried to land on an aircraft carrier that was already too crowded with o...

And repeatedly tried to land an aircraft carrier already too crowded with other helicopter. president ford was told about their deaths, but he didnt say a word about them in his written statement. president ford said nothing about taking responsibility for anything that happened in the evacuation from vietnam. >> i bear responsibility for fundamentally all thats happened of late. ladies and gentlemen, it was time to end a 20-year war. thank you so much. >> president biden gets tonights "last wor...

States did not say a word. when the last american helicopter left vietnam in april 1975 republican president gerald ford did not address the nation the way president biden did today and has done several times during the evacuation. president ford simply issued a written statement that was read aloud by his press secretary. it said in part, quote, during the day on monday washington time the airport at saigon came under persistent rocket as well as artillery fire and was effectively closed. the m...

Monday. at least as of now. we were told by a senior administration official, there is discussion going on, how best the president can address the public. they acknowledge there is a desire for the american public to hear from him, given the real shocking developments and past developments on the ground there. right now, the post we have gotten from the president in the past 48 hours was a lengthy written statement, where he laid out where his priorities were, which would focus on getting the am...

Tables where you have a lyrical and civil society in the different departments and i think aid can flow through them and could flow through civil society organisations and i think that is what must be done and not the international community telling us this is what you need, this is what you need. we do not want that. we want dignified assistance, we want dignified assistance, we want assistance that follows what we wish and what we need under our terms. to respect our dignity and to respect our...

Is what must be done. and not the international community telling us this is what you need, this is what you need. we dont want that.— dont want that. monique clesca s-ueakin dont want that. monique clesca speaking to _ dont want that. monique clesca speaking to me _ dont want that. monique clesca speaking to me from _ speaking to me from port—au—prince earlier on. the red cross in lebanon says at least 20 people have been killed and several others injured in a fuel tanker explosion in the...

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