带走里克·克莱因
三天后九一一事件袭击——距离20年前时任总统仅差两周乔治·布什为国家做好准备艰苦的反恐战争并断言，虽然“这场冲突是根据其他人的时间和条件开始的，但它将以我们选择的方式和时间结束。”
长期战争的时刻到了阿富汗根据总统最终决定的时间，结束已经到来乔·拜登。但是它结束的方式不是任何人都会选择的方式——并提供了一瞥未来的重大挑战对于拜登和整个国家来说。
正在…美军现在已经撤离阿富汗的，数百名美国人无数阿富汗人盟友被抛在了后面。任何解救他们的努力都是在阿富汗预计将陷入政治和安全动荡之际进行的，恐怖分子与叛乱分子争夺主导权，美国人数量不明遗留下来的军事装备。
“这次离开有很多令人心碎的事情。我们没有救出我们想救出的所有人，”美国中央司令部司令肯尼斯·麦肯齐将军说告诉美国广播公司新闻记者路易斯·马丁内斯在周一的新闻发布会上宣布美军全部撤离。
这战争的代价它的结局是生命损失、金钱浪费和美国在世界上的地位受损。这也延伸到了拜登，他的领导让政治盟友感到担忧托管结束阶段有时是可怕和羞辱的。
问什么责任白宫新闻秘书珍·普萨基周一表示，总统对过去几周的事件负有责任:“责任由总统承担。”
然而令人震惊的不是拜登，而是军事和外交领导人制作最终公告总统选择星期二发表他的评论-撤军完成后一整天。战争结束的持久画面之一将是缺席，还有很多工作要做。
与...的关系亚里沙·维尔塞马
周一，随着教育部宣布启动民权调查的计划，关于各州如何在学校实施口罩禁令的争论达到了新的高度针对室内掩蔽禁令在爱荷华州、俄克拉荷马州、南卡罗来纳州、田纳西州和犹他州。
调查声称这些州的共和党州长创造一个不安全的学习环境残疾学生因感染新冠肺炎而患重病的风险更大。
教育部长米格尔·卡多纳(Miguel Cardona)说:“我们认为，禁止地方控制决定如何安全地重新开放学校确实会让学生面临风险，因此我们将对此进行调查。”告诉美国广播公司新闻高级国家记者特里·莫兰补充说，此举源于拜登敦促官员“使用我们工具箱中的每一个工具”来确保学校重新开放的安全性。
尽管卡多纳坚持认为两党官员“需要将政治排除在(大流行学校安全)之外”，但是联邦政府的举措为进一步的党派分歧打开了大门。爱荷华州州长金·雷诺兹(Kim Reynolds)声称，这些调查旨在“转移”总统“自身失败”的注意力，而俄克拉荷马州州长凯文·斯蒂特(Kevin Stitt)的通信主管表示，这些审查“骚扰各州”。
一些政治紧张局势特别严重的州不在教育部的审查范围内。据报道美国广播公司新闻的安妮·弗莱厄蒂，佛罗里达州、得克萨斯州、阿肯色州和亚利桑那州没有面临类似的调查”，因为这些州对通用室内遮蔽的禁令目前没有因法院命令或其他州的行动而得到执行。"
梅格·坎宁安的小费
确切地说两个星期后加州罢免选举投票结束后，加文·纽瑟姆州长正在招募大牌人物为他竞选。
佛蒙特森。伯尼·桑德斯在2020年金州民主党初选中占据主导地位的特朗普正在直播鼓励选民对投票的第一个问题投反对票:他们是否愿意召回纽森。
根据国务卿办公室周一的数据，只有320多万加州人退回选票2200万中。根据加州从事竞选工作的政治数据公司(Political Data Inc .)周六提供的信息，18-34岁的人构成了投票人口中最大的年龄组，超过610万选民，他们的选票回报率是迄今为止所有年龄组中最低的，为7%。超过500万名65岁以上的选民是退回选票以29%的速度。
根据2020年的初选后民调，在18-29和30-44的选民中，桑德斯分别获得了68%和59%的民主党选票。在45+的选民中，桑德斯在出口民调中分别落后于拜登37%和23%。
Biden ends war with 'heartbreak' and little hope: The Note
The TAKE withRick Klein
Three days after the9/11attacks -- just two weeks shy of 20 years ago -- then-PresidentGeorge W. Bushprepared the nation for anarduous war on terrorand asserted that while "this conflict was begun on the timing and terms of others, it will end in a way and at an hour of our choosing."
The hour for the long war inAfghanistanto end arrived, based on timing chosen ultimately and fatefully by PresidentJoe Biden. But the way it ended was not the way anyone would have selected -- and offers glimpses of thesubstantial challenges aheadfor Biden and the nation.
WhileU.S. troops are now outof Afghanistan,hundreds of Americansand countless Afghanallies were left behind. Any efforts to extricate them comes as Afghanistan is expected to be plunged into political and security turmoil, with terrorists warring with insurgents for dominance and unknown quantities of Americanmilitary equipment left behind.
"There's a lot of heartbreak associated with this departure. We did not get out everybody we wanted to get out," U.S. Central Command commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzietold ABC News' Luis Martinezat Monday's press briefing to announce the removal of all U.S. troops.
Thetoll of the warand its ending comes in lives lost, money wasted and costs to America's standing in the world. That extends to Biden -- whose leadership has worried political allies as hemanaged end stagesthat have been at times horrific and humiliating.
Askedwhat responsibilitythe president bears for the events of the last few weeks, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday: "The buck stops with the president."
Yet it was striking to see not Biden butmilitary and diplomatic leadersmake thefinal announcements, with the president choosing tomake his remarks Tuesday-- a full day after the troop withdrawal was completed. Among the lasting images of the war's conclusion will be that absence, with so much work left to be done.
The RUNDOWN withAlisa Wiersema
The battle over how states approach mask mandates in schools reached new heights on Monday as the Department of Education announced plans to launch civil rights investigationsdirected at indoor masking bansin Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Utah.
The investigations allege that the Republican governors of those states arecreating an unsafe learning environmentfor students with disabilities who are at a greater risk of becoming seriously ill from contracting COVID-19.
"We believe that the ban on local control to decide how to safely reopen schools does put students at risk, so we're going to investigate that," Education Secretary Miguel Cardonatold ABC NewsSenior National Correspondent Terry Moran, while adding that the move stems from Biden urging officials to "use every tool in our toolbox" to make school reopenings safe.
Although Cardona insists that officials on both sides of the aisle "need to keep politics out of (pandemic school safety)," themoves by the federal governmentare opening the door for further partisan divides. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds alleged the investigations are meant to "distract" from the president's "own failures," while Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt's director of communications said the reviews are "harassing states."
Some states where political tensions are particularly high aren't included in the Education Department's review. As reported byABC News' Anne Flaherty, Florida, Texas, Arkansas and Arizona are not facing similar investigations "because those states' bans on universal indoor masking are not currently being enforced as a result of court orders or other state actions."
The TIP with Meg Cunningham
With exactlytwo weeks untilpolls close in the California recall election, Gov. Gavin Newsom is recruiting big names to stump for him.
Vermont Sen.Bernie Sanders, who dominated the Golden State's Democratic primary in 2020, is on the airencouraging votersto vote no on the ballot's first question: whether they'd like to recall Newsom.
According to Monday's data from the Secretary of State's office, just over 3.2 million Californians havereturned their ballots, out of 22 million. According information on Saturday from Political Data Inc., a California political firm that works with campaigns, 18-34 year olds make up the largest age group of the voting population at over 6.1 million voters, and have the lowest ballot return rate of any age group so far, at 7%. The over 5 million voters who are 65+ and who lead ballot returns so far, arereturning their ballotsat a rate of 29%.
Among voters 18-29 and 30-44, Sanders nabbed 68% and 59% of the Democratic vote, respectively, according to 2020 primary exit polls. Of voters 45+, Sanders trailed behind Biden in exit polls 37% to 23%, respectively.
