Editor's Note: This podcast was recorded before the events of August 26th.

Today’s guests are Kyle Shideler, Director of Counterterrorism and Homeland Security and Adam Savit, Project Coordinator for the China Program at the Center. We Discuss: The August 31 deadline President Biden has agreed to for withdrawing, how many Americans are in Afghanistan, CIA Director Burns' recent meeting with Taliban leadership, how China is reacting to the U.S. withdrawal, and a reimagining of U.S. foreign policy moving forward.

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