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Zakaria: Here’s Why the U.S. National Security Apparatus Keeps Producing Failures

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August 22, 2021

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President Joe Biden is facing criticism for the chaos in Afghanistan after his decision to withdraw U.S. troops. (Shutterstock)

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Fareed Zakaria says that if you want one statistic to explain the failure of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, this is it: The National Security Council met 36 times since April to discuss it.

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