Headline RoundupAugust 22nd, 2017
Trump Gives Speech on Afghanistan
Summary from the AllSides News Team
President Trump gave a much-anticipated speech on Monday night regarding the U.S. strategy on Afghanistan going forward. Trump committed to having U.S troops in Afghanistan, but did not give a timetable for troop removal.
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The America First president just announced he's escalating the Afghanistan warVox
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And Trump's Afghanistan plan looks a lot like Obama's.
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Trump commits U.S. to open-ended Afghanistan war; Taliban vow 'graveyard'Reuters
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President Donald Trump committed U.S. troops to an open-ended war in Afghanistan, a decision the Afghan government welcomed on Tuesday but which Taliban insurgents warned would make the country a "graveyard for the American empire".
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Afghanistan speech: Trump rejects ‘timetables,’ ups pressure on Pakistan, refocuses on ‘killing terrorists’Fox News (Online News)
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President Trump outlined a comprehensive new strategy Monday night for achieving a “lasting peace” in Afghanistan – rejecting what he called “arbitrary timetables” for the U.S. troop presence, ratcheting up pressure on Pakistan to stop harboring militants and vowing to refocus the mission on “killing terrorists,” not nation-building.
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