Headline RoundupSeptember 11th, 2020

2020 Campaigns, Calls for Justice Mark 9/11 Anniversary

9/11, Justice, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, 2020 Election, Campaign Rhetoric, US Military, Middle East, Terrorism

Summary from the AllSides News Team

Friday marks 19 years since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The anniversary is being framed in the context of the 2020 presidential election, as candidates and their campaigns are set to attend commemoration ceremonies and honor those affected by the tragedy. Joe Biden and President Donald Trump will each be in Shanksville, Pa. Friday for a memorial service for the victims of Flight 93. Some reports speculated on how each candidate would deliver their anniversary messages, with some coverage from from left-rated sources framing Trump as unfit to handle such sensitive moments. Some coverage from other sources, particularly right-rated outlets, concentrated on purportedly unjust delays in the trial of five men suspected of plotting the attacks. Other reports focused on each candidate's stances on the U.S. military's Middle East presence.

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From the Left

Biden and Trump Will Observe 9/11 With Trips to New York and Pennsylvania

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Joseph R. Biden Jr. will travel to New York and Pennsylvania on Friday to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks as he and President Trump put forth radically different visions of what it means to comfort a nation in mourning.

Mr. Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, will attend the National September 11 Memorial & Museum’s commemoration ceremony before traveling to Shanksville, Pa., where a campaign statement said that they would “pay their respects to the victims of Flight 93,” the plane that was hijacked and...

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From the Left

Biden, troop levels and the 9/11 legacy

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Despite pressure from the left, Joe Biden is making it clear that if he wins, he won't just pull up stakes from Afghanistan and the region.

Driving the news: Biden made news on Thursday when he told Stars and Stripes that he supports a sustained U.S. military footprint of up to 1,500-2,000 on the ground — primarily for special operations against ISIS and other terror threats — in the war that began after the 9/11 terrorist attacks 19 years ago.

"These forever wars have to end ... but here's the...

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From the Right

Justice delayed: 19 years later, coronavirus pushes back 9/11 trial — again

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After 19 years, justice has yet to be attained in the case against the plotters of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks — and a year dominated by a global pandemic has pushed the start of the trial at Guantanamo Bay back even further.

Al Qaeda terrorists crashed hijacked planes into the World Trade Center buildings, the side of the Pentagon, and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001, but the five men believed to be responsible for the plot have yet to face a...

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