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November 28, 2019, US President Donald Trump speaks to the troops during a surprise Thanksgiving day visit at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. (Getty Images)

The one good thing Trump ever did

Heather Digby Parton
Afghan children are seen as Afghan families, who lost their family members in the suicide bombings and war, suffer life difficulties in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 19, 2021. ( Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Is U.S. changing course in Afghanistan?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Former National Security Advisor John Bolton (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)

What did Trump cut from Bolton's book?

Roger Sollenberger
Trump hugging the American flag, Colin Kaepernick kneeling, and US troops in Afghanistan (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump never cared about the troops

Amanda Marcotte
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National Security Advisor John Bolton (R) listens to U.S. President Donald Trump talk to reporters during a meeting of his cabinet in the Cabinet Room at the White House (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Bolton briefed Trump on bounties: report

Igor Derysh
Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, and Vladimir Putin (AP Photo/Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo/Naohiko Hatta/Alex Brandon/Salon photo illustration)

A few dead soldiers — big deal!

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty Images)

Trump's Taliban deal flops again

Sophia Tesfaye
Afghan security forces inspect the aftermath of Sunday's attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Are we ever leaving Afghanistan?

Lucian K. Truscott IV
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Donald Trump and Osama bin Laden (AP Photo/Jim Collins/Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla)

9/11: Actually, we did forget

Amanda Marcotte
Tucker Carlson on Fox News (Fox News)

Carlson claims Bolton is a "progressive"

Shira Tarlo
National Security Advisor John Bolton; President Donald Trump (Getty/Salon)

Trump dumped Bolton over suspected leak?

Travis Gettys - Raw Story
John Bolton; Donald Trump (Getty/Salon)

The rise and fall of John Bolton

Heather Digby Parton
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John Bolton; Donald Trump (Getty/Salon)

President Trump fires John Bolton

Shira Tarlo
President Donald Trump, White House National Security Advisor John Bolton, and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (AFP/Getty Images/ LUDOVIC MARIN/ Chip Somodevilla/ AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bolton, Graham opposed Taliban summit

Matthew Rozsa
President Donald Trump makes remarks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House as Vice President Mike Pence looks on August 5, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Trump delivered remarks on the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, over the weekend. (Getty/Alex Wong)

Did Pence push back on Taliban meeting?

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story
Julian Castro (Getty/Ethan Miller)

Castro: Trump's Taliban talks "bizarre"

Matthew Rozsa
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Rep. Tim Ryan; Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (AP/Wilfredo Lee/Getty/Joe Raedle)

Tulsi Gabbard's date with history

Andrew O'Hehir
Fighters with Afghanistan's Taliban militia walk with their weapons in Ahmad Aba district on the outskirts of Gardez, the capital of Paktia province, on July 18, 2017. (Getty/FARIDULLAH AHMADZAI)

Trump wants us to pay back the Taliban

Igor Derysh
U.S. Marines at Task Force Southwest military field in Shorab military camp of Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP/Massoud Hossaini)

US withdraws from Afghanistan. What now?

Abdulkader Sinno - The Conversation
"Facing the Dragon" (Mojo Mama Films)

An intimate portrait of two Afghan women

Gary M. Kramer
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Laura Ingraham (AP/Mark J. Terrill)

Ingraham weighs in on John Wayne scandal

Bob Brigham - Raw Story
US Army 2nd Battalion, 10th Regiment, 10th Brigade UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters take off during a joint US-Romanian air assault exercise at the Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase, eastern Romania, Wednesday, March 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) (AP)

Tax dollars wasted on Afghan helicopters

Victor Kotsev - WhoWhatWhy
(Getty/Alex Wong)

Trump sticking to Syria withdrawal

Matthew Rozsa
Afghan Taliban fighters (Getty/Javed Tanveer)

Afghan war may finally end

Matthew Rozsa
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