The program, per four former Afghan intel (NDS) sources we queried, averaged $200,000 per killed American or coalition soldier. There were smaller allowances for killed Afghan troops. One former official estimated that Russia paid a total of approximately $30 million to the Taliban via the scheme.
Today was of those exhauting but exceedingly meaningful types of days where you can't quite say coherent sentences at the end of it, but you know people were cared for when they needed it most.
If you had a similar day, thanks for taking the time to care for others.
Cheers to Sunday…
Snuggle by the fire
Read a good book
Have a cup of coffee
Watch an old movie
Relax & enjoy the day
Hope you had an amazing week-
Time to recover & think how you’re gonna kill the next week!
#SundayMorning#WannaLazySundayWithMe💋
Congress members Norman and Self flipped their votes after a quick meeting with Johnson, changing the roll call vote to 218 for Mike Johnson, 215 for Hakeem Jeffries, and 1 for Tom Emmer.
Johnson is now elected Speaker of the House.
"Based on what we know now, the attack appears to have been defeated and ineffective ... Make no mistake, the United States is fully fully fully supportive of Israel."
President Biden addresses Iran's attack on Israel.