WATCH/READ: President Trump Speech Re: Afghanistan Strategy (8/21/17), Plus New Reporting

Tuesday will mark one year since President Donald Trump's major speech on his changes to the

country's "new strategy" for dealing with the U.S.'s longest-running war. Given that, and the recent reporting from Afghanistan, it seems an appropriate time to re-visit that speech. Here are both the video and the transcript, followed by a new report from the New York Times.



This transcript is from the White House's official site. (It has not been checked for accuracy.)

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