President Joe Biden insisted that his military advisers and intelligence officers did not tell him to keep a U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan. 'No one said that to me that I can recall,' he said
* Biden said there was 'no way' to leave Afghanistan without chaos ensuing, but six weeks ago he said a Taliban takeover was 'highly unlikely'
* Biden said US doesn't have a military presence in Syria, but 900 troops remain * The president took questions from the media for the first time in over a week on Wednesday in an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos
* In one bizarre moment, Biden seemingly brushed off Afghani stowaways so desperate to flee they clung to a departing US plane before falling to their death
In his first interview since the Taliban's lightning-fast takeover of Kabul, President Biden, sitting down with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, attempted to his explain his administration's decision to stay the course on Afghanistan withdrawal, at times backing up his point with outright falsehoods.
Here are six moments Biden made inaccurate statements during the Wednesday interview: Biden said there was 'no way' to leave Afghanistan without chaos ensuing, but six weeks ago he said a Taliban takeover was 'highly unlikely.'
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WNU Editor: This is why the White House does not want President Biden do live news conferences with members of the news media that they do not control. It is now 9 days since the President has taken questions from reporters on Afghanistan.
