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Vice President Kamala Harris defended President Joe Biden's decision to leave Afghanistan in response to a debate question on whether she, as vice president, bore any responsibility for the way the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan played out.

Debate moderators asked Vice President Kamala Harris why some of her policy positions have changed since she last ran for president. During her 2019 as a Democratic primary candidate, Harris said she’d support a ban on fracking.