{"id":421792,"date":"2021-04-14T14:58:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T18:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=421792"},"modified":"2021-04-14T14:58:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T18:58:50","slug":"cia-director-says-pulling-troops-from-afghanistan-presents-significant-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cia-director-says-pulling-troops-from-afghanistan-presents-significant-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"CIA Director says pulling troops from Afghanistan presents \u2018significant risk\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcia-director-says-pulling-troops-from-afghanistan-presents-significant-risk%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=421792&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2397604\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2397604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CIA Director William Burns listens during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (Graeme Jennings\/Pool via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 11:31 AM PT \u2013 Wednesday, April 14, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>CIA Director William Burns has pushed back on the White House\u2019s decision to withdrawal troops from Afghanistan. While speaking at the Senate Intelligence Committee\u2019s hearing Wednesday, he said pulling troops out of region would hurt the CIA\u2019s ability to gather intelligence in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Burns added, having U.S. troops on the ground there has helped alleviate the threat from ISIS and Al-Qaeda, but the withdrawal presents a \u201csignificant risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the time comes for the U.S. military to withdraw, the U.S. government\u2019s ability to collect and act on threats will diminish,\u201d stated the director. \u201cThat\u2019s simply a fact.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Endless War cheerleaders have been saying for 15 years that if we just stay in Afghanistan a little longer, the Taliban will give up and the Afghan government will get their act together. And they will say it for the next 15 years if we leave our troops there indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisMurphyCT\/status\/1382026746808139776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Burns continued, confirming the CIA and its partners will continue to provide strategic warnings to the U.S. to enable the government to respond to any threats from the terror groups.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/mich-attorney-deperno-says-democrats-are-threatening-obstructing-election-fraud-lawsuit\/\"> Mich. attorney DePerno says Democrats are threatening, obstructing election fraud lawsuit<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CIA Director William Burns listens during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. 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