Quotation of the Day: Veterans of Afghan War Feel Torn Over Pullout - The New York Times

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Thursday, April 15, 2021

“We made a promise to the Afghan people. But this can’t be our perpetual reality. We have to stop. I have children now, and I can’t imagine this war still going on when they are old enough to join.”

ASHLEIGH BYRNES, 37, who was a field journalist for the Marine Corps in Afghanistan in 2009, reacting to President Biden’s decision to withdraw virtually all U.S. troops from the country by Sept. 11.

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