Senior Tory and Labour MPs united in their criticism of US president’s approach to Afghan crisis
Senior British politicians have called on the government to repudiate Joe Biden’s comments onA defiant US president insisted on Monday night that. “After 20 years, I’ve learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw US forces. That’s why we’re still there. We were clear-eyed about the risk.”
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