Schumer praises Biden's 'careful and thought-out plan' for Afghanistan
CNN
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday praised President Joe Biden's plan to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan, calling it a "careful and thought-out plan."
"The President doesn't want endless wars. I don't want endless wars. And neither do the American people. And it's refreshing to have a thought-out plan with a set timetable instead of the President waking up one morning getting out of bed, saying what just pops into his head and then having the generals having walked it back," Schumer, who in November criticized former President Donald Trump's announcement to reduce the number of US troops from the country, told CNN's John Berman on "New Day." "I think the President's plan is a very good one. You want to make sure that the September 11th date is stuck, is a date that sticks. That it's not kicking the can down the road," he said."President Joe Biden is expected to announce an executive order as early as Tuesday that would effectively shut down the US-Mexico border to asylum-seekers crossing illegally when a daily threshold of crossings is exceeded – a sweeping and controversial proposal that is likely to receive fierce pushback from progressives and immigration advocates.
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