The White House is seeking $6.4 billion for Afghan resettlement one week after the U.S. ended ended its military effort in Afghanistan.
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White House responds to plea of interpreter who helped rescue Biden but is still stuck in Afghanistan
The interpreter drove through a blinding snowstorm after helicopter fr
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