{"id":580276,"date":"2021-07-02T17:36:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T21:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=580276"},"modified":"2021-07-02T17:36:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T21:36:10","slug":"biden-refuses-to-answer-negative-questions-during-holiday-weekend-after-getting-pressed-on-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-refuses-to-answer-negative-questions-during-holiday-weekend-after-getting-pressed-on-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden refuses to answer \u2018negative\u2019 questions during holiday weekend after getting pressed on Afghanistan"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fbiden-refuses-to-answer-negative-questions-during-holiday-weekend-after-getting-pressed-on-afghanistan%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=580276&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_2445030\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2445030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:20 PM PT \u2013 Friday, July 2, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Joe Biden ducked behind the Fourth of July weekend to avoid taking questions on Afghanistan. During a press conference on Friday, Biden was asked a question about the state of Afghanistan after U.S. troops vacated a main military base in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Biden claimed he would address the Afghanistan situation next week and went on to cite the upcoming holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to answer any more questions on Afghanistan. Look, it\u2019s Fourth of July,\u201d he expressed. \u201cI\u2019m concerned that you guys are asking me questions that I\u2019ll answer next week, but it\u2019s the holiday weekend and I\u2019m going to celebrate it. There\u2019s great things happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PentagonPresSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PentagonPresSec<\/a> provides an update on Afghanistan. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wTvON77kOh\">pic.twitter.com\/wTvON77kOh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Department of Defense \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@DeptofDefense) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeptofDefense\/status\/1411048467561070598?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>All U.S. troops vacated Bagram Air Base on Friday, which has been the epicenter of U.S. military forces within Afghanistan for nearly 20 years. The complete drawdown of U.S. forces within Afghanistan has been set to be carried out by the end of August.<\/p>\n<p>Biden went on to say he \u201cwants to talk about happy things\u201d and changed the subject to economic strength, job numbers and a lower nationwide COVID-19 death rate.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/u-s-troops-vacate-famed-bagram-air-base-in-afghanistan\/\">U.S. Troops Vacate Famed Bagram Air Base In Afghanistan<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. 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