Sen. Welch Issues Comments on Senate Floor About Afghanistan
April 10, 2025
April 10, 2025
WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following floor remarks on April 9, 2025:
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Mr. President, it has been 3 1/2 years since August 30, 2021, when the last American forces withdrew from Afghanistan.
The withdrawal was, by any objective measure, a total fiasco.
However, the Biden administration does deserve some credit for evacuating at least 120,000 Afghans in those chaotic days after the Taliban overran Kabul. I . . .
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Mr. President, it has been 3 1/2 years since August 30, 2021, when the last American forces withdrew from Afghanistan.
The withdrawal was, by any objective measure, a total fiasco.
However, the Biden administration does deserve some credit for evacuating at least 120,000 Afghans in those chaotic days after the Taliban overran Kabul. I . . .