• No plans to evactuate

    From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to All on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 15:39:02
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/17/afghanistan-kabul-taliban-live- updates/#link-MNTE5VD4SNEEZN2GKJVVSBCRPA

    "According to the aides, the administration officials rCo from the State and Defense departments, as well as the National Security Council and the Joint Chiefs of Staff rCo also told the assembled Senate staffers that there is no plan to evacuate Americans who are outside Kabul, as they do not have a way of getting through the Taliban checkpoints outside the Afghan capital."

    "The Democratic chairmen of the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations committees both pledged on Tuesday to hold public hearings to grill Biden administration officials about the Afghanistan pullout. Neither committee has announced a date for its intended hearing."

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