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Home / Afghanistan / Finding the Pentagon leak suspect
Afghanistan, Middle East

April 16, 2023

Finding the Pentagon leak suspect

The Biden administration’s review of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan mostly pointed fingers at his predecessor. It’s a document of fake history, The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board writes, portraying Biden’s disastrous decisions as triumphs. But those choices were better than the alternatives, The Chicago Tribune’s Daniel DePetris argues.

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