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Sen. Capito Joins Senate Colleagues in Letter to Defense Secretary Demanding Accountability for U.S. Military Equipment Abandoned in Afghanistan
August 19, 2021
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release:

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined several of her Senate colleagues in sending a letter--led by Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)--to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin demanding a full account of U.S. military equipment left behind in Afghanistan, which has already or risks falling into the hands of the Taliban and their terrorist allies.

"It is unc . . .

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