KELEMEN: He vowed to stand up for women's rights in Afghanistan but didn't say how in the face of the new Taliban government.
And as we close this period of relentless war, we're opening a new era of relentless diplomacy. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: We've ended 20 years of conflict in Afghanistan. is back at the table, focusing on diplomacy, not war. MICHELE KELEMEN, BYLINE: President Biden says the U.S. NPR's Michele Kelemen has more on Biden's first U.N. But his lofty rhetoric about diplomacy and alliances is being tested by the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan and a diplomatic rift with America's oldest ally, France.
President Biden is vowing to restore America's place in the United Nations, taking the lead on fighting climate change and a global pandemic.
