Congress Calls for Hearings on Biden's Withdrawal from Afghanistan

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We ran the numbers: There are 2261 news articles covering this topic. 5% (114) are left leaning, 42% (939) are center, and 53% (1208) are right leaning.

The U.S. is working to evacuate as many as 2,000 people a day in Afghanistan. While left-leaning articles highlight that Biden’s advisers have been downplaying the potential for political blowback over troop withdrawal for months, right-leaning articles highlight that in a turbulent interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, Biden was grilled on saying that it was “highly unlikely that the Taliban would take over.”

A left-leaning article by Politico highlights that Biden’s advisers have been downplaying the potential for political blowback over troop withdrawal for months. A POLITICO/Morning Consult poll from this week showed that 49% of voters polled continued to support withdrawal, down from 69 percent in April.  

USA Today published a centrist article reporting that as of Wednesday morning, about 4,000 Marines and soldiers have been sent into reinforce about 1,000 troops still in Afghanistan. Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken are among the officials that congressional committees will call for testimony in upcoming hearings about the American withdrawal from Afghanistan. 

A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that in a turbulent interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, Biden was grilled on saying that it was “highly unlikely that the Taliban would take over.” Biden pushed back by



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