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Lawmakers who served in the US military express frustration after Taliban forces took over Afghanistan
Lawmakers who served in the US military express frustration after Taliban forces took over Afghanistan
Lauren FriasAug 17, 2021, 09:21 IST
Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois.AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades
Lawmakers who served in the US military responded to the fall of Kabul to Taliban forces.
Some expressed grief and frustration over the situation as US veterans.
Others called the Biden administration to better address the evacuation effort of Afghans fleeing the country.
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Rep. Seth Moulton
Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton takes part in a press conference following a tour of the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford, MA on Nov. 4, 2017. He toured the hospital with Secretary of Veterans Affairs David J. Shulkin and U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey. The nurses aide who was allegedly playing games on her computer at the Bedford VA Medical Center when a Vietnam veteran went into cardiac arrest retired from the agency as officials were moving to fire her, Shulkin revealed during the press conference.
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Rep. Jason Crow
Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol about efforts to end the Senate filibuster in Washington, U.S., April 22, 2021.
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Rep. Ruben Gallego
Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego is a Harvard educated Marine Corp combat veteran whose political future is being watched closely.
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Rep. Adam Kinzinger
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois) speaks during a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on Capitol Hill on March 10, 2021.
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Rep. Dan Crenshaw
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a Republican from Texas, has recently bet on transportation stocks.
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Sen. Tom Cotton
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.
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Rep. Kai Kahele
In this Jan. 15, 2020 file photo, is then-state Sen. Kai Kahele, now a US representative of Hawaii, at the opening day of the Hawaii Sate Legislature in Honolulu.
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