Schumer praises Biden's 'careful and thought-out plan' for Afghanistan
Source: The Hill
By Chandelis Duster, CNN
Updated 10:28 AM ET, Wed April 14, 2021
(CNN) - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday praised President Joe Biden's plan to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan, calling it a "careful and thought-out plan."
"The President doesn't want endless wars. I don't want endless wars. And neither do the American people. And it's refreshing to have a thought-out plan with a set timetable instead of the President waking up one morning getting out of bed, saying what just pops into his head and then having the generals having walked it back," Schumer, who in November criticized former President Donald Trump's announcement to reduce the number of US troops from the country, told CNN's John Berman on "New Day."
"I think the President's plan is a very good one. You want to make sure that the September 11th date is stuck, is a date that sticks. That it's not kicking the can down the road," he said."
Biden on Wednesday will formally announce his decision to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan before September 11 -- the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, a senior administration official told CNN. The withdrawal extends the US troop presence past a May 1 deadline set by the Trump administration in an agreement with the Taliban but only by a matter of months.
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