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Sen. Graham: Afghanistan troop withdrawal could lead to another 9/11

One America’s Jenn Pellegrino spoke with Sen. Lindsey Graham about the decision to pull troops from Afghanistan.

Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, right, meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, at the Sapidar Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, April 15, 2021. Blinken made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Thursday to sell Afghan leaders and a wary public on President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw all American troops from the country and end America's longest-running war. (Sapidar Palace via AP)

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Secy. Blinken makes unannounced visit to Afghanistan

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the time has come for American troops to withdraw from Afghanistan.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, and United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken address a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Brussels on Wednesday for talks with European and NATO allies about Afghanistan, Ukraine and other matters. (Johanna Geron, Pool via AP)

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Blinken meets with NATO chief over Afghanistan withdrawal

Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Brussels to try convincing NATO’s ally countries to withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Federal Minister of Defence, and US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin attend a news conference at the Federal Ministry of Defence in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. This is the first visit to Germany by a minister of the new US administration. Austin will then travel on to Stuttgart, where he will talk to soldiers at the US command centres for troops in Africa and Europe. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

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U.S. to station at least 500 additional troops in Germany

The United States announced its intention to deploy an additional 500 troops in Germany.

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2020, file photo Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, center, top U.S. commander for the Middle East, makes an unannounced visit in Kabul, Afghanistan. Without coming right out and saying it, President Joe Biden seems ready to let lapse a May 1 deadline for completing a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Orderly withdrawals take time, and Biden is running out of it. (AP Photos/Lolita Baldor, File)

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White House: Biden to withdraw 2.5K U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11

Joe Biden has planned to withdraw all remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11. Defense officials told news outlets Tuesday that he plans to remove the last 2,500 military personnel from the region.

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2016 file photo, a U.S. Army soldier guards a position at Camp Swift, northern Iraq. Iraq’s prime minister asked the Iranian leadership to rein in Iran-backed militias in Iraq, and in a strongly worded message to Tehran, suggested he would confront the factions, two Iraqi officials said Wednesday, April 7, 2021, ahead of another round of strategic talks with Washington. (AP Photo/Susannah George)

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U.S., Iraq do not agree on troop withdrawal timeline

The last troops stationed in Iraq still don’t know when they are coming home. On Wednesday, U.S. and Iraqi officials said the most recent round of talks did not result in a timeline for the withdrawal of the last 2,500 service members in the country.