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" There's a significantly greater threat to the United States from Syria.... There's significant greater threat to other places in the world than it is from the mountains of Afghanistan.... A White House official told Fox News that those arenot combat troops and are only there for" advising and capacity-building." It’s not the first similar misstep by the president....

" This is an all-hands-on-deck effort and we’re aren’t going to let up," Sherman said at a State Department news conference. Taliban fighters and checkpoints ringed the airport — barriers for Afghans who fear that their past work with Westerners makes them prime targets of the insurgents.... Afghans who made it past the Taliban reached Americans guarding the airport complex, and thrust documents at some of the 4, 500 U.S. troops in temporary control. One of the last windows of escape from Talib

Peng claimed Zhang, 75, forced her to have sex despite repeated refusals following a round of tennis three years ago. The post was quickly deleted and Peng has since disappeared from social media and public view.... Tennis players and officials, led by Women’s Tennis Association CEO Steve Simon, are demandinga full investigation into Peng’s claims as well as assurances of her safety and wellbeing.... In such a move, the U.S. would not send an official government delegation to the Olympics, but