Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.) said in a statement that it’s “long past time” to end U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, but added: “[I]t appears that the evacuation process has been egregiously mishandled.”
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In a phone interview with Axios, she added she doesn’t place all the blame on Biden. She said there will be a lot to uncover through future congressional oversight hearings.
Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.), a former CIA officer who focused on counterterrorism efforts in the Middle East, spearheaded a bipartisan statement from the Problem Solvers Caucus calling on the administration to reconsider Tuesday’s withdrawal deadline.
Reps. Mike Levin (D-Calif.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) also have called on Biden to extend the deadline.
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