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President Biden took questions from reporters Friday for the first time since Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, outside a Wednesday interview with ABC News, pledging that the U.S. will get any American home who wants to come home. The president s address comes as tens of thousands of American citizens, legal residents and their families and vulnerable Afghans struggle to flee the country.The president started out his speech by touting what the U.S. has done so far mdash; evacuating 18,000 people in recent weeks and 5,700 people in the last 24 hours. Mr. Biden sai adidas samba og d the U.S will do everything, everything it can to evacuate as many Afghans who have aided the U.S. as possible. The Pentagon has said it can fly 5,000 to 9,000 people per day out of Kabul, but that s dependent on multiple factors. But let me be clear. Any American who wants to come home, we will get you home, Mr. Biden told reporters in the White House East Room. Special Report: Biden speaks on Afghan withdrawal, promises Americans we will get you home samba rose 30:53 Still, CBS News and other outlets have reported some adidas og Americans are struggling to reach the airport, and the U.S. is not currently providing transportation or guaranteeing safe passage to the airport. During his speech, Mr. Biden said the U.S. has no indication Americans are unab Wbdb Morocco, Spain Squabble Over Island
The bodies of two U.S. soldiers have been found, and a senior Iraqi military official said Tuesday they belong to men who went missing last week after a deadly insurgent attack on a traffic checkpoint.The U.S. military confirmed it had recovered two bodies and was conducting DNA tests to confirm their identities. A U.S. military official said it was believed the two bodies were those of the soldiers, but there was no confirmation.U.S. Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said the cause of death was undeterminable at this po stanley quencher int. A senior Iraqi military official said the bodies found showed signs of torture and of being killed in a barbaric way. Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz Mohammed said the bodies were found on a street near a power plant in the town of Youssifiyah, just south of Baghdad. Al Qaeda in Iraq claimed responsibility stanley thermoskannen for killing the soldiers, and said the successor to slain terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had slaughtered them, according to a Web statement that could not be authenticated. The language in the statement suggested the men had been beheaded. The authenticity of the Web site claim of responsibility could not be confirmed. It was posted on an Islamic militant Web forum where insurgent groups regularly post statements.The Defense Department has identified the missing men as Pfc. Kristian Menchaca, 23, of Houston, a stanley bottles nd Pfc. Thomas L. Tucker, 25, of Madras, Oregon.The White House was awaiting confirmation from the Pentagon, reports CBS News White House correspond
President Biden took questions from reporters Friday for the first time since Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, outside a Wednesday interview with ABC News, pledging that the U.S. will get any American home who wants to come home. The president s address comes as tens of thousands of American citizens, legal residents and their families and vulnerable Afghans struggle to flee the country.The president started out his speech by touting what the U.S. has done so far mdash; evacuating 18,000 people in recent weeks and 5,700 people in the last 24 hours. Mr. Biden sai adidas samba og d the U.S will do everything, everything it can to evacuate as many Afghans who have aided the U.S. as possible. The Pentagon has said it can fly 5,000 to 9,000 people per day out of Kabul, but that s dependent on multiple factors. But let me be clear. Any American who wants to come home, we will get you home, Mr. Biden told reporters in the White House East Room. Special Report: Biden speaks on Afghan withdrawal, promises Americans we will get you home samba rose 30:53 Still, CBS News and other outlets have reported some adidas og Americans are struggling to reach the airport, and the U.S. is not currently providing transportation or guaranteeing safe passage to the airport. During his speech, Mr. Biden said the U.S. has no indication Americans are unab Wbdb Morocco, Spain Squabble Over Island
The bodies of two U.S. soldiers have been found, and a senior Iraqi military official said Tuesday they belong to men who went missing last week after a deadly insurgent attack on a traffic checkpoint.The U.S. military confirmed it had recovered two bodies and was conducting DNA tests to confirm their identities. A U.S. military official said it was believed the two bodies were those of the soldiers, but there was no confirmation.U.S. Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said the cause of death was undeterminable at this po stanley quencher int. A senior Iraqi military official said the bodies found showed signs of torture and of being killed in a barbaric way. Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz Mohammed said the bodies were found on a street near a power plant in the town of Youssifiyah, just south of Baghdad. Al Qaeda in Iraq claimed responsibility stanley thermoskannen for killing the soldiers, and said the successor to slain terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had slaughtered them, according to a Web statement that could not be authenticated. The language in the statement suggested the men had been beheaded. The authenticity of the Web site claim of responsibility could not be confirmed. It was posted on an Islamic militant Web forum where insurgent groups regularly post statements.The Defense Department has identified the missing men as Pfc. Kristian Menchaca, 23, of Houston, a stanley bottles nd Pfc. Thomas L. Tucker, 25, of Madras, Oregon.The White House was awaiting confirmation from the Pentagon, reports CBS News White House correspond
