U.S. veterans have mixed views of Afghanistan withdrawal but are highly critical of how Biden handled it
Veterans and non-veterans in the United States largely align when it comes to the decision to pull all troops out of Afghanistan.
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Veterans and non-veterans in the United States largely align when it comes to the decision to pull all troops out of Afghanistan.
About eight-in-ten Americans (79%) say news organizations tend to favor one side when presenting the news on political and social issues.
The public is more likely to have heard “a lot” about ongoing confrontations between police and protesters than several other stories.
While declining shares give police forces positive marks for their use of force, treatment of racial groups and officer accountability, there is little support for cuts in spending on local policing.
Americans are much more likely than Germans to see U.S. bases in Germany as important for their country’s national security.
In April, 78% of Americans overall – but 56% of black Americans – said they had confidence in police officers to act in the public’s best interests.
Black adults are about five times as likely as whites to say they’ve been unfairly stopped by police because of their race or ethnicity.
World War II service members’ numbers have dwindled from around 939,000 veterans in 2015 to about 300,000 in 2020.
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