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Event 1: Afghanistan: Concern for American Citizens, Refugees
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— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 19, 2021
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— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) August 19, 2021
Pentagon: We have 900 U.S. troops in Syria
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— The Associated Press (@AP) August 19, 2021
I spoke to a veteran communications professional who has been trying to place prominent voices supportive of the Afghanistan withdrawal on television and in print.
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) August 19, 2021
They told me it has been next to impossible.https://t.co/mBQy5AnCuq pic.twitter.com/iuhQ1qXDiJ
About two dozen State Dept officials serving at US Embassy Kabul sent a dissent cable to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and another top State Department official last month warning of Taliban's territorial gains, and the need for fast evacuations https://t.co/QhLEe33OUH
— Vivian Salama (@vmsalama) August 19, 2021
If Trump stranded tens of thousands of Americans in arguably the largest hostage situation ever, and did so with the utter incompetence we are all seeing from the Biden administration Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer would have Articles of Impeachment filed by lunchtime. #Biden
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 19, 2021
Ex-CIA analyst and Afghan vet says Stephen Miller is 'complicit' in the deaths of Afghan interpreters and 'should be held accountable for war crimes' https://t.co/Dk3n1lq9YB via @Yahoo
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) August 18, 2021
Have been speaking with evacuees directly on the ground in Kabul.
— John Noonan (@noonanjo) August 19, 2021
Taliban not honoring their word.
Obstructing ingress points to the airport, beating and harassing evacuees, scaring many off. US troops prohibited from expanding perimeter or helping.
Many still stuck.
fascinating numbers from Andrew Tyndall.
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) August 19, 2021
From 2015 through 2019 this is how many minutes network news covered Afghanistan:
ABC: 16
CBS: 25
NBC: 16
less than on hour of coverage, total, over five years;