Nearly 800,000 Americans served in Afghanistan. Of that number, 20,093 were wounded, and 2,218 died.

I’ve set forth before why I think we must stay the course in Afghanistan. But the thing that surprises and disappoints me about this bad decision coming from President Joe Biden, for whom I voted, is the terrible impact it will have on Afghan women.

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