Sen. Brown Issues Opening Statement at Hearing on Afghanistan Future
October 06, 2021
October 06, 2021
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at an Oct. 5, 2021, hearing entitled "Afghanistan's Future: Assessing the National Security, Humanitarian and Economic Implications of the Taliban Takeover":
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In August, we finally ended twenty years of war in Afghanistan. Almost 125,000 people were airlifted out of the country in a few short we . . .
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In August, we finally ended twenty years of war in Afghanistan. Almost 125,000 people were airlifted out of the country in a few short we . . .