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With President Biden being forced to defend his disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan on Monday, the reporting on CBS Evening News cut deeper than others as they spoke with veterans who fought there, lost limbs there, and the families who lost loved ones there. CBS Pentagon correspondent and Navy veteran of Vietnam, David Martin got them to open up about how they feel and whether or not they think everything they sacrificed was for nothing.
“In two decades, more than three-quarters of a million American service members have been deployed to Afghanistan. Well, tonight, many wonder if their sacrifices were wasted,” announced anchor Norah O’Donnell as she handed it off to Martin.
He first spoke with “Juan Dominguez [who] was a Marine lance corporal in 2010, sent into the Taliban heartland of Helmand Province, where his battalion lost 25 men killed.” Dominguez said he’s “on the verge of breaking down crying because this is just like – we gave so much and just like that is wiped out.”
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