President Trump dodges direct question on whether he authorized the Afghanistan bomb

President Trump.
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President Trump dodged a direct question about whether he authorized the use of the so-called "mother of all bombs," or "MOAB," in Afghanistan on Thursday. "Uhh," he said in reply.

He continued: "Everybody knows exactly what happened and what I do is, I authorize my military. We have the greatest military in the world."

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