![]() ![]() Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., which among other things would require the administration to submit a report on how many Americans remain in Afghanistan as well as the number of Afghans who had applied for a category of visas reserved for those employed by or on behalf of the U.S. They also sought a House vote on legislation from Rep. Biden quickly signed the legislation, which raises funding for the program from $1 million to $10 million.Ī group of Republican lawmakers gathered on the House floor Tuesday morning and participated in a moment of silence for the 13 service members who were killed in the suicide bomber attack. citizens and their dependents returning from another country because of illness, war or other crisis. Meanwhile, the Senate met briefly Tuesday, with Vice President Kamala Harris presiding over the chamber, to pass by unanimous consent a bill that increases spending for temporary assistance to U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Tuesday described the Biden administration’s handling of the evacuation as “probably the biggest failure in American government on a military stage in my lifetime” and promised that Republicans would press the White House for answers. “What have we lost as a consequence in terms of opportunities?” Biden asked.Ĭongressional committees, whose interest in the war waned over the years, are expected to hold public hearings on what went wrong in the final months of the U.S. The president lamented an estimated $2 trillion of taxpayer money that was spent fighting the war. Al-Qaida has been vastly diminished, preventing it thus far from again attacking the United States. killing of Osama bin Laden, whose al-Qaida extremist network planned and executed the 9/11 plot from an Afghanistan sanctuary. In Biden’s view the war could have ended 10 years ago with the U.S. “There’s nothing China or Russia would rather have, want more in this competition, than the United States to be bogged down another decade in Afghanistan,” he said We remain committed to get them out, if they want to come out.”īiden repeated his argument that ending the Afghanistan war was a crucial step for recalibrating American foreign policy toward growing challenges posed by China and Russia - and counterterrorism concerns that pose a more potent threat to the U.S. “For those remaining Americans, there is no deadline. “The bottom line: 90% of Americans in Afghanistan who wanted to leave were able to leave,” Biden said. He said many of the Americans left behind are dual citizens, some with deep family roots that are complicating their ability to leave Afghanistan. “We have leverage to make sure those commitments are met.”īiden also pushed back against criticism that he fell short of his pledge to get all Americans out of the country ahead of the U.S. “We don’t take them by their word alone, but by their actions,” Biden said. 11, 2001, attacks in America, and that is now once again in power in Afghanistan.īiden has tasked Secretary of State Antony Blinken to coordinate with international partners to hold the Taliban to their promise of safe passage for Americans and others who want to leave in the days ahead. In addition to all the questions at home, Biden is also adjusting to a new relationship with the Taliban, the Islamist militant group the U.S. ![]() ![]() “When I hear that we could’ve, should’ve continued the so-called low-grade effort in Afghanistan at low risk to our service members, at low cost, I don’t think enough people understand how much we’ve asked of the 1% of this country to put that uniform on,” Biden said. He said those who favor remaining at war also fail to recognize the weight of deployment, with a scourge of PTSD, financial struggles, divorce and other problems for U.S. Biden said breaking the Trump deal would have restarted a shooting war. ![]()
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