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C M Y K Nxxx,2021-04-14,A,001,Bs-4C,E1 Late Edition Today, more clouds than sunshine, mild, high 67. Tonight, overcast, low near 50. Tomorrow, cloudy with rain, heavy rain late in the day, mild, high 53. Weather map is on Page A28. VOL. CLXX . ...No. 59,028 © 2021 The New York Times Company NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2021 $3.00 BIDEN SETS END DATE FOR NATION’S LONGEST WAR Troops Will Leave Afghanistan by the 20th Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks This article is by Helene Cooper, istan 20 years after President Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Eric George W. Bush ordered an inva- Schmitt. sion after the Sept. 11 attacks on WASHINGTON — President New York City and the Pentagon, Biden will withdraw American with the goal to punish Osama bin combat troops from Afghanistan Laden and his Qaeda followers, by Sept. 11, declaring an end to the who were sheltered in Afghani- nation’s longest war and overrul- stan by their Taliban hosts. ing warnings from his military ad- The war was launched with visers that the departure could widespread international support prompt a resurgence of the same — but it became the same long, terrorist threats that sent hun- bloody, unpopular slog that forced dreds of thousands of troops into the British to withdraw from Af- combat over the last 20 years. ghanistan in the 19th century and In rejecting the Pentagon’s the Soviet Union to retreat in the push to remain until Afghan secu- 20th. rity forces can assert themselves Nearly 2,400 American troops against the Taliban, Mr. Biden have died in Afghanistan in a con- forcibly stamped his views on a flict that has cost about $2 trillion. policy he has long debated but Mr. Biden’s Democratic support- never controlled. Now, after years ers in Congress praised the with- of arguing against an extended drawal, even as Republicans said American military presence in Af- it would risk American security. ghanistan, the president is doing “The U.S. went into Afghani- things his way, with the deadline stan in 2001 to defeat those who at- set for the 20th anniversary of the tacked the U.S. on 9/11,” Senator terrorist attacks. Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, A senior Biden administration said in a statement. “It is now time DAMON WINTER/THE NEW YORK TIMES official said the president had to bring our troops home, main- Soldiers shielding a wounded comrade from helicopter rotor wash in 2010. Nearly 2,400 American troops have died in Afghanistan. come to believe that a “conditions- tain humanitarian and diplomatic based approach” would mean that support for a partner nation, and American troops would never refocus American national securi- leave the country. The announce- ty on the most pressing chal- ment is expected on Wednesday. lenges we face.” Johnson & Johnson Shots Halted Report Pins Failures of Jan. 6 Mr. Biden’s decision would pull Jon Soltz, an Iraq war veteran all American troops out of Afghan- Continued on Page A13 In U.S. Over Rare Clotting Effect On Capitol Police Preparation NEW PRIORITIES The president’s move reflects a belief that the needs of 2021 require moving past the goals of 2001. News Analysis. PAGE A12 This article is by Noah Weiland, Pause Based on Severe By LUKE BROADWATER Unheeded Intelligence STILL A THREAT? Afghanistan is unlikely to regain its status as a haven Sharon LaFraniere and Carl Zimmer. WASHINGTON — The Capitol for terrorists in the short term, U.S. spy agencies believe. PAGE A12 WASHINGTON — Injections of Reaction in 6 Women Police had clearer advance warn- and Insufficient Gear Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus ings about the Jan. 6 attack than vaccine came to a sudden halt were previously known, including across the country on Tuesday af- in the use of this vaccine out of an the potential for violence in which a threat to law enforcement and ter federal health agencies called abundance of caution,” Dr. Peter “Congress itself is the target.” But civilians and that the police used Chauvin Team for a pause in the vaccine’s use as Marks, the director of the Food officers were instructed by their defective protective equipment. they examine a rare blood-clotting and Drug Administration’s Center leaders not to use their most ag- He also found that the leaders or- disorder that emerged in six recip- for Biologics Evaluation and Re- gressive tactics to hold off the dered their Civil Disturbance Unit Opens by Tying ients. search, and Dr. Anne Schuchat, mob, according to a scathing new to refrain from using its most pow- All six were women between the principal deputy director of report by the agency’s internal in- erful crowd-control tools — like Floyd to Drugs the ages of 18 and 48, and all devel- the C.D.C., said in a joint state- vestigator. stun grenades — to put down the oped the illness within one to ment. “Right now, these adverse In a 104-page document, the in- onslaught. three weeks of vaccination. One events appear to be extremely spector general, Michael A. The report offers the most dev- By SHAILA DEWAN woman in Virginia died, and a sec- rare.” Bolton, criticized the way the Cap- astating account to date of the and TIM ARANGO ond woman in Nebraska has been While they framed the move as itol Police prepared for and re- lapses and miscalculations MINNEAPOLIS — A police offi- hospitalized in critical condition. a recommendation to health prac- sponded to the mob violence on around the most violent attack on cer approached a car with George More than seven million people titioners, the impact was immedi- Jan. 6. The report was reviewed the Capitol in two centuries. Floyd in the front seat, and Mr. BRUCE BISPING/STAR TRIBUNE, VIA GETTY IMAGES in the United States have received ate. by The New York Times and will Three days before the siege, a Floyd started to panic. While offi- Johnson & Johnson shots so far, By Tuesday evening, every be the subject of a Capitol Hill Capitol Police intelligence assess- cers ordered him to spit out a pill Officer Kimberly A. Potter was and another 10 million doses have state, the District of Columbia and hearing on Thursday. ment warned of violence from he was trying to swallow, he re- on the force for 26 years. been shipped to the states, accord- Puerto Rico had announced a Mr. Bolton found that the agen- supporters of President Donald J. peatedly begged them not to shoot ing to data from the Centers for pause in Johnson & Johnson vac- cy’s leaders failed to adequately Trump who believed his false him. Disease Control and Prevention. cine injections. prepare despite explicit warnings claims that the election had been In seconds, one of the officers “We are recommending a pause Continued on Page A9 that pro-Trump extremists posed Continued on Page A18 had his gun drawn and Mr. Floyd Police Veteran was being pulled out of the car and handcuffed. The body-worn-camera video of Quits in Killing that scene was shown for the first A Girl Was Raped. The Women Who Helped Her Were Arrested. time on Tuesday to jurors in the Of Black Driver trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged with mur- By JULIE TURKEWITZ dering Mr. Floyd. The episode was By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS and ISAYEN HERRERA strikingly similar to the day Mr. and JULIE BOSMAN Floyd died. But it had been taken a MÉRIDA, Venezuela — She BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. year before. wore a ponytail and a red T-shirt, — Officer Kimberly A. Potter was As the defense began its case af- the words “Glitter Girl” sketched in the midst of a routine training ter 11 days of testimony against across the front. day on Sunday, demonstrating her Mr. Chauvin, the video was the Gripping her mother’s hand, first exhibit introduced and sig- decades of policing know-how to she spoke softly, describing how naled a key strategy: shifting the less experienced officers in the she had been forced out of school jurors’ focus to Mr. Floyd’s use of Brooklyn Center Police Depart- by Venezuela’s economic crisis, illicit drugs. ment. and then was raped at least six Mr. Chauvin’s lawyer, Eric J. But that training came to an times by a neighborhood predator Nelson, presented the video of the abrupt and horrifying end when who threatened to harm her fam- May 2019 arrest and questioned Officer Potter, who is white, shot ily if she spoke out. At just 13, she the paramedic who treated Mr. Daunte Wright, a Black 20-year- became pregnant. Floyd that day. He asked a woman old man, in his car as he tried to With her mother, she sought out who was with him the day he died avoid arrest. Body camera video a doctor, who told her the preg- about how Mr. Floyd fell asleep in shows that the officer shouted nancy endangered her life, and the car and was difficult to rouse. “Taser!” while pointing a hand- then a former teacher, who pro- He reviewed the signs of excited gun at Mr. Wright, who was un- vided pills that induced an abor- delirium, a condition often attrib- armed; she then fired a single tion. uted to using stimulants. round into his chest, killing him, in But ending a pregnancy is ille- Other planks of the defense what the authorities in Minnesota gal in almost all circumstances in emerged as well, including sug- have described as a deadly mis- Venezuela.