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The claim

"90% of Americans in Afghanistan who wanted to leave were able to leave"

Rating

It's worth noting that two weeks prior to this (on 19 August) he told ABC News that "if there are American citizens left" after the 31 August withdrawal deadline, then "we're going to stay until we get them all out".

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