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Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Monday delivered his most combative speech, saying he stands by his decision to end the 20-year-old Afghanistan war that is not in the interest of the United States and has consumed trillions of American dollars and taken over 200,000 lives.