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Joe Biden: “I wrote the President a handwritten 40-page memorandum…”

Featuring: Joe Biden, Democrat | Former President of the United States | National

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Confused Biden Says He Found Classified Materials 'Downstairs' in Newly Released Audio

Published | Video Starts at 00:11

So this was I early on in 09, I just found all the classified stuff downstairs. I wrote the President a handwritten 40-page memorandum arguing against deploying additional troops to [Afghanistan]. Iraq, I mean to Afghanistan, on the grounds that it wouldn't matter, that the day we left would be like the day before we arrived was pushing. (00:11–00:37)

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Asserts that Joe Biden wrote a memorandum to the President opposing troop deployment to Afghanistan.

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