White House quietly corrects Biden on number of US citizens stuck in Afghanistan after war-ending speech

Published September 1, 2021 12:41am ET



The White House quietly corrected President Joe Biden after he said in a speech Tuesday that 90% of U.S. citizens who wanted to evacuate Afghanistan were able to leave.

A transcript of his remarks, delivered from the White House, shows that figure crossed out and replaced with 98%, which still falls short of the president’s promise to keep U.S. military forces in the country until every U.S. citizen seeking an escape could get one.

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