These are delay tactics. In some ways, it’s worth noting, they’ve already worked.
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These are delay tactics. And, in some ways, it’s worth noting they have already worked.
I’m actually pretty happy with the White House and how they have reacted.
I’m so glad to see Speaker Pelosi saying she’s going to take that up right away.
Republicans decided they would keep that Supreme Court seat vacancy in the hope that a Republican president would win the presidential election in 2016.
They would do anything, they would break any rule or norm or precedent to get a conservative Republican appointed justice in that vacant seat.
Some Republicans said if a Republican didn`t win the election in 2016, they might just keep that seat on court vacant another few years anyway.
I can’t imagine a more dangerous, frankly, big lie than that. You know, this was a threat, a massive threat to our democracy.
This is an anti-law party, an anti-democracy party at this point.
What is he threatening for? Just merely complying with a subpoena, a lawful subpoena. That’s a mob boss tactic.
The war in Afghanistan was a 20-year endeavor. We must learn its lessons and allow those lessons to shape how we think about fundamental questions of national security and foreign policy.
We discussed how we will work together to facilitate the safe travel out of Afghanistan, including by reopening Kabul civilian airport as soon as possible.
The military mission is over. A new diplomatic mission has begun.
If an American in Afghanistan tells us that they want to stay for now, and then in a week, or a month, or a year, they reach out and say, I’ve changed my mind, we will help them leave.
While we have expectations of the Taliban, that doesn’t mean we will rely on the Taliban. We’ll remain vigilant in monitoring threats ourselves, and will maintain robust counterterrorism capabilities in the region to neutralize those…
We will continue our relentless efforts to help Americans, foreign nationals and Afghans leave Afghanistan if they choose. We believe there are still a small number of Americans under 200 and likely closer to 100, who remain in Afghanistan…
We owe that to future diplomats, policymakers, military leaders, service members. We owe that to the American people.