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Commentary: Biden was right to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan

The U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 was the lowest point of Joe Biden’s presidency. The optics, including chaotic scenes at the barricaded Kabul International Airport and desperate Afghans clinging to U.S. transport planes, were grim. The entire withdrawal process was aired live on cable news networks, with…

Chicago Tribune · Apr 14, 2023

Is the world unraveling? Not for Joe

Biden pays a nostalgic visit to Ireland while Trump keeps melting down. This just might lead to a good outcome

Salon · Apr 13, 2023

Access, printouts and glue: Tracing the source of leaked US secrets

A probe into the leak of secret U.S. documents likely will require investigators to examine those who had access and scrutinize details like objects captured in photos of the materials, former U.S. officials told Reuters, as pressure grows to find the person or group responsible.

Reuters · Apr 12, 2023

Biden heads to Belfast to commemorate Good Friday Agreement

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden departed Tuesday for a trip to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement and to visit his ancestral homeland.

Tribune News Service · Apr 11, 2023

Biden calls family of reporter detained as spy in Russia

President Joe Biden has spoken to the parents of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, the Moscow-based journalist detained in Russia and charged with espionage

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2023

Biden in Belfast to commemorate Good Friday Agreement - Roll Call

Biden will highlight agreement that largely ended Catholic-Protestant violence, and endorse a trade agreement that followed Brexit.

Roll Call · Apr 11, 2023

Controversy continues on both sides of the Atlantic over Macron's remarks about US, China

Following his call for Europe to maintain diplomatic distance from both the US and China, French President Emmanuel Macron begins a state visit to the Netherlands on Tuesday. He will address the Dutch Nexus institute in The Hague on the topic of European security and economic sovereignty.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 11, 2023

Biden says keeping Good Friday and Windsor agreements in place are main priority as he flies to Belfast – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2023

Joe Biden helicopter could be grounded for visit amid Met Éireann weather warning

The US President will touch down in Air Force One in Belfast later on Tuesday

Irish Mirror · Apr 11, 2023

US Pentagon Says Classified Document Leak 'Serious Risk to National Security'

The leak of highly sensitive US documents – many of them related to the Ukraine conflict – presents a "very serious" risk to US national security, the Pentagon said Monday. The breach is being investigated by the Justice Department and appears to include secret information on the war in Ukraine…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 11, 2023