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President Biden is addressing the American people Tuesday afternoon following the end of the nation’s two-decade-long war in Afghanistan, which came to a close Monday with the departure of the final U.S. military aircraft from the main airport in Kabul.
The president began by touting the military evacuation of thousands of Americans and Afghans, one he called successful even as Americans and vulnerable Afghans remain in the country.
“No nation has ever done anything like it in all of history. Only the United States had the capacity and the will and the ability to do it, and we did it today,” he said of the evacuation efforts.
The president also lamented the deaths of 13 Americans who died in an attack at the Kabul airport, saying the U.S. will never forget them.
