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Sunday shows – Impending Afghanistan withdrawal deadline dominates

by The Hill staff - 08/29/21 11:30 AM ET
by The Hill staff - 08/29/21 11:30 AM ET
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Tuesday’s deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan dominated the Sunday morning political talk shows.

The remarks come after 13 service members and dozens of Afghans were killed in a suicide bombing at the Kabul airport last week.

On Sunday, a U.S. airstrike reportedly targeted “multiple suicide bombers” in a vehicle that was headed to the airport in Kabul,

Read The Hill’s complete coverage below.

McConnell calls Afghanistan withdrawal ‘one of the worst foreign policy decisions in American history’
By MYCHAEL SCHNELL
 
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Sunday slammed President Biden’s decision to pull U.S. troops from Afghanistan, calling the move “one of the worst foreign policy decisions in American history.”

“We’re looking at the exit, and over the next two days our heroic military is doing the best they can with a horrible policy decision. This is one of the worst foreign policy decisions in American history, much worse than Saigon,” McConnell told host Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.”
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McConnell says US has ‘little or no leverage’ to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies
By MYCHAEL SCHNELL
 
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Sunday said the U.S. has “little or no leverage” to evacuate American citizens and Afghan allies from Afghanistan after U.S. troops withdraw on Aug. 31.
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Blinken says US has ‘significant leverage’ to ensure Taliban make good on commitments
By CAROLINE VAKIL 
 
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview broadcast Sunday that the Biden administration has “significant leverage” to ensure that the Taliban make good on their commitments to allow people to exit Afghanistan past the Aug. 31 U.S. troop withdrawal deadline.
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‘Not likely’ US will have an ‘on-the-ground diplomatic presence’ in Kabul on Sept. 1st, Blinken says
By CAROLINE VAKIL
 
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday that it is “not likely” the U.S. will have an “on-the-ground diplomatic presence” in Afghanistan on September 1st, but vowed that the Biden administration will continue to help those who want to evacuate the country past Tuesday’s withdrawal deadline.
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Blinken denies that Biden administration jeopardized safety of Americans, allies in Afghanistan
By CAROLINE VAKIL
 
“The idea that we’ve done anything to put at further risk those that we’re trying to help leave the country is simply wrong. And the idea that we shared lists of Americans or others with the Taliban is simply wrong,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken told host Chuck Todd on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
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Sullivan: Biden administration working to ‘disrupt’ more ‘threat streams’ in Afghanistan
By MYCHAEL SCHNELL 
 
National security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday said the Biden administration is actively working to “disrupt and prevent” more “threat streams” as the U.S. continues to evacuate personnel from Afghanistan amid the Taliban’s takeover.
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Still a chance for Americans to get to Kabul airport, Sullivan says
By MYCHAEL SCHNELL
 
“We believe there’s still an opportunity for American citizens to jump to the airport, get on planes and get home,” national security adviser Jake Sullivan  told host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
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Graham: ‘The chance of another 9/11 just went through the roof’
By MYCHAEL SCHNELL
 
“I’ve never been more worried about an attack on our homeland than I am right now,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said.
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Sasse: Biden relied on ‘happy talk’ instead of reality in Afghanistan
By CAROLINE VAKIL
 
“There is clearly no plan. There has been no plan. Their plan has basically been happy talk,” Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) said on ABC’s “This Week.”
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McMaster: Afghanistan War ‘ended in self-defeat’
By CAROLINE VAKIL
 
Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster said on Sunday that the war in Afghanistan “ended in self-defeat” as the Biden administration finishes withdrawing the last remaining U.S. troops from the country before an Aug. 31 deadline.
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Fauci: US still planning booster shots after eight months, but ‘flexible’
By CAROLINE VAKIL
 
“We’re still planning on eight months. That was the calculation we made. This rollout will start on the week of September the 20th. But as we’ve said all along, Chuck, in the original statement, that’s the plan that we have, but we are open to data as they come in,” Anthony Fauci told NBC’s Chuck Todd on “Meet The Press.”
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Tags Afghanistan Afghanistan evacuations Afghanistan withdrawal Anthony Fauci Antony Blinken Ben Sasse Chris Wallace Chuck Todd Jake Sullivan Jake Tapper Joe Biden Kabul Lindsey Graham Mitch McConnell Sunday shows

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