MSNBC Deadline White House August 16, 2021 20:31:00
Insurgency. they consistently occupied territory in afghanistan. that consistently was launching attacks. every year there was an offensive launched by the taliban that put americans in harm's way and that our strategy -- and again, i'll own it myself as part of this 20-year enterprise. the strategy for exiting afghanistan was always that we are going to build and train up this very significant and large afghan national security force so that they're able to deal with that threat of an insurgency and we can then deal with afghanistan as we do other countries where there are counterterrorism ch...
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