Biden Presses On With Aug. 31 Afghan Withdrawal | RealClearPolitics
The speech, delayed by more than four hours, lasted less than 12 minutes and illustrated how this White House is clinging to Biden s promise of a return to normal at home amid the foreign policy catastrophe playing out in real-time on cable news. And yet, the word from the commander-in-chief was that he plans to stick by his deadline for withdrawing the U.S. completely from Afghanistan. Despite pleas from allies around the world, Biden said the frantic evacuation efforts underway would end on Aug. 31, a date conditional on continued cooperation from the Taliban, who have said that it is their red line.