On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-TX) will have blood on his hands for leaving American citizens behind in Afghanistan by withdrawing by August 31 and that Biden’s
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said commanders “have the authorities they need to pursue opportunities to bring people in,” including by helicopter and that we won’t rule out future helicopter missions to
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said that during communications with the Taliban, “we have been making it clear to them what the credentials look like, who we want to see get through
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) said that the withdrawal from Afghanistan shouldn’t have gone the way it has, and “our intelligence community has been appropriately pessimistic about what was going on in Afghanistan.” Himes
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) said he thinks the White House should stop “chest-pounding” about America being the only country in the world that could do what the U.S. is doing with the Afghanistan
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) stated that the U.S. does not have to accept Taliban control of Kabul and President Joe Biden is “timid and fearful of the Taliban.” Cotton
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) commented on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) calling the House back to vote on their budget plan by saying Democrats want the problems in Afghanistan
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “At This Hour,” Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) said that his office has “about 20 to 30 people” that they’re trying to get out of Afghanistan and had a family that was turned away at the gate
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Alex Witt Reports,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) said that completing the evacuation of Afghanistan will clearly extend beyond the August 31 deadline and “We’re going to have to go outside of the
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Evening Edit,” Rep. Mike Garcia (R-CA) stated that the situation in Afghanistan is “a massive hostage crisis” and “a hot war,” and called for the U.S. to use troops and air assets
On Friday’s “Mark Levin Show,” Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) said the Taliban has already interrupted U.S. operations in Afghanistan by obstructing access to the Kabul airport, and despite President Joe Biden’s vow that interruptions of American operations would be responded
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) stated that with his handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal, “Joe Biden has created the greatest hostage crisis in American history” by stranding Americans behind Taliban lines.
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) said the chaotic situation in Afghanistan was predictable because “We had information about how the Taliban could likely control the country.” And that many of the questions that were asked
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Velshi,” Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA) stated President Joe Biden’s communications on Afghanistan “have been less than reassuring,” and she hopes the president “will move away from the microphone” because “it’s really important that we get
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher wondered how the execution of the withdrawal from Afghanistan could be worse than it is and stated, “I can’t think of how it could have been any different if it
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) said that he “did not hear” that Americans have been beaten by the Taliban in Kabul at a briefing with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Tony Blinken, and
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) predicted that “you’re going to see a rise in veteran suicide as a result of the way that we handled this withdrawal.” Because he’s heard from veterans who are
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) said that President Joe Biden and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin aren’t telling the truth when they say every resource is being utilized for the evacuation of Afghanistan and
On Friday’s “CNN Newsroom,” CNN Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward responded to President Joe Biden’s claim in his speech earlier in the day that Americans are able to get to the airport in Afghanistan by stating that “we had difficulty
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “At This Hour,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) said that President Joe Biden initially argued that the withdrawal from Afghanistan “would not be chaotic. And now he is saying it was inevitable
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Fox Business Tonight,” RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel said the media are also responsible for the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan because they allowed President Joe Biden to be “the basement Biden, the bunker Biden
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Deputy National Security Adviser Jonathan Finer said that a State Department cable that was first reported on by The Wall Street Journal warning about a rapid collapse of Afghanistan’s government after the withdrawal of U.S.
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Faulkner Focus,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) stated that if the government doesn’t know how many American citizens are in Afghanistan, there’s nothing stopping President Joe Biden from pulling out of Afghanistan on
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) said that the situation in Afghanistan is “chaotic” and didn’t need to be. Because “we could have predicted it.” Host John King asked, “Right now, the United States’ strategy,
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hallie Jackson Reports,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) said “the Biden administration didn’t listen to the intelligence more carefully and didn’t plan better” for the withdrawal from Afghanistan, “and we’re now seeing
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA) stated that the execution of the withdrawal from Afghanistan “was clearly not a success story,” and that saying otherwise “is a disservice to the servicemen and
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said President Joe Biden is “obsessed with having the government force kindergartners to wear masks all day in school” and “obsessed with taking away parents’ rights”
During an interview aired on Wednesday’s broadcast of ABC’s “World News Tonight,” President Joe Biden said “there was no consensus” on the intelligence on the Taliban taking over Afghanistan, and that intelligence reports said a Taliban takeover was “more likely
During a portion of an interview with ABC News on Wednesday, President Joe Biden committed that the U.S. will keep troops in Afghanistan beyond the August 31 deadline if such a step is needed to get Americans out of the
During a portion of an interview with ABC News on Wednesday, President Joe Biden stated that images from Afghanistan of hundreds of people packed into planes and people falling are from “four days ago, five days ago” before the U.S.
During a portion of an interview with ABC News on Wednesday, President Joe Biden said that he doesn’t think the exit from Afghanistan could have been handled any better and “the idea that somehow, there’s a way to have gotten
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) said that the United States should stay in Afghanistan beyond the August 31 deadline if it has to in order to finish the evacuation and should have “stayed at
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) stated that after going to war against the Taliban, “we’re relying on that same Taliban to keep Americans safe,” and “to not start massacring people today.” And he doesn’t see
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hallie Jackson Reports,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) said that “we can’t go by” the August 31 deadline to leave Afghanistan set by President Joe Biden and we must ensure that American
During an interview with San Francisco’s KPIX on Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) responded to concerns that military equipment falling into the hands of the Taliban might increase the likelihood of future terrorism by stating that President Joe Biden’s
During an interview with San Francisco’s KPIX on Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) praised President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan as “strong” and “decisive.” She also stated that the “disarray” in the country “has to be corrected.”
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) argued the U.S. should not abide by an “arbitrary” deadline of August 31 and instead must stay in Afghanistan as long as it has to in order to evacuate Americans
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Americans stranded in Afghanistan will “presumably have to beg the Taliban to let them get to the airport,” and predicted that “we’re going to
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House,” U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield denied parallels between the situation in Afghanistan and the fall of Saigon by stating that “this is not 1975. This is 2021. We are in
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Cavuto: Coast to Coast,” Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) said the Biden administration will not use American forces to ensure U.S. personnel and allies can reach the airport in Kabul safely because they
