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| Presented By Climate Power |
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| Axios Sneak Peek |
| By Alayna Treene, Hans Nichols and Kadia Goba ·Apr 29, 2021 |
| Welcome back to Sneak. We're running on fumes; you? 🚨 Breaking: President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea will visit the White House on May 21. 📚 Worthy of your time: Axios World author Dave Lawler and Axios' Oriana Gonzalez spoke with key figures in the failed effort to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro two years ago. Today's newsletter — edited by Glen Johnson — is 542 words, a 2-minute read. |
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| 1 big thing: Scoop — Hillary Clinton, Condi Rice concerned about Afghan troop withdrawal |
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| Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photos: Lev Radin (Pacific Press/LightRocket), Marla Aufmuth/Getty Images |
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| Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice told House members they're worried about President Biden's plan to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan, with Rice suggesting the U.S. may need to go back, Axios' Alayna Treene has learned. Why it matters: The position puts two former secretaries of State — from the Obama and Bush administrations — at odds with one of Biden's most significant foreign policy moves to date. What they're saying: "We had Secretaries Clinton and Condi Rice Zoom today with the committee," one member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee told Axios. - "Condi Rice is like, 'You know, we're probably gonna have to go back,'" amid a potential surge in terrorism, the member said.
- Rice was President George W. Bush's national security adviser when he sent U.S. forces to Afghanistan in 2001 to destroy Taliban forces that had provided a haven to the 9/11 attack organizers.
- Rice's office did not want to comment on a private briefing. Clinton's spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment from Axios.
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| 2. Scoop: White House courts progressives over Yemen |
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| Sen. Bernie Sanders (left) and Rep. Ro Khanna. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images |
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| A handful of progressive legislators gathered in the Situation Room early Wednesday with national security adviser Jake Sullivan to discuss the war in Yemen, multiple sources familiar with the meeting tell Axios' Sarah Mucha. Why it matters: This is the first confab of this kind at the White House with a group that's loudly criticized Biden's actions on the humanitarian crisis in the region — signaling the administration's willingness to take their concerns seriously. - Among the handful of members meeting with Sullivan were Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
- One Democratic aide involved with the meetings told Axios they "appreciated the attentiveness."
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| 3. Biden's 100-day numbers: Face to face with Trump |
 Data: White House websites, Federal Register, GovTrack and other Axios research; Chart: Will Chase/Axios During his first 100 days, Biden has been busy signing major coronavirus legislation, issuing more executive orders than any modern president and tweeting far less than his predecessor, Donald Trump, Axios' Stef Kight writes. Why it matters: Sneak has been counting down to the president's 100th day in office on Friday with data-driven analyses of the administration's accomplishments and challenges each day this week. We close out with a head-to-head comparison of each president's start. See our past charts: |
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| A message from Climate Power |
| Let's create good-paying, clean energy, union jobs now |
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| We can protect our planet, rebuild America's infrastructure, and put millions back to work in clean energy, union jobs at the same time. Let's meet the moment and do what America does best: BUILD. Learn more about how we can invest in America. |
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| 4. Voting groups fear Texas about to exceed Georgia's limits |
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| Voters in El Paso, Texas, wait to cast ther bsllots in the 2018 race between Beto O'Rourke and Sen. Ted Cruz. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images |
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| Local advocacy groups, big business and former presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke are fighting a pair of Texas voting bills they brand as suppressive, each of which could pass the Republican-controlled legislature as soon as next week, Stef reports. Why it matters: Advocates say Texas' pending changes are worse than those that recently caused an uproar and boycotts in Georgia. The fight comes as the Texas population is rapidly growing and diversifying — and turning more Democratic. - "So much of what we learned about Georgia, we learned after it was too late," O'Rourke told Axios. "In Texas, if there's anything positive about the situation, it's that we could still win this."
- Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, said in a statement: "Texas is protecting the number of early voting days, which is longer than allowed in states like New York and Delaware. And, we are extending hours for early voting."
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| 5. Pic du jour |
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| Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images |
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| Former first lady Rosalynn Carter sees off first lady Jill Biden and President Biden after they visited her and former President Carter in Plains, Georgia. |
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| A message from Climate Power |
| Let's create good-paying, clean energy, union jobs now |
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| We can protect our planet, rebuild America's infrastructure, and put millions back to work in clean energy, union jobs at the same time. Let's meet the moment and do what America does best: BUILD. Learn more about how we can invest in America. |
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| 🗳️ Please join Axios' Hans Nichols and Alayna Treene tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. ET for an Axios News Shapers event about President Biden's first 100 days. Sign up here. 👍 Thanks for reading. We'll be back Sunday evening. A reminder that you can send us an email here — we read and reply to them! And please tell your friends and family they can sign up for this free newsletter here. |
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