When President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, one of the most pressing decisions facing him was what to do about his predecessor’s plan to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan.

As different as Biden was from former President Donald Trump, they both shared an intense desire to bring an end to the 20-year war that had no end in sight and cost the lives of more than 2,400 American troops.

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