The Taliban's takeover destroyed the basis of that strategy.

I agree with the chairman that the withdrawal was a dismal failure.

Well, you see that is the problem with us not having access to that cable.

What they see is incompetence that they think they might be able to exploit, may lead to miscalculation.

The American people want to know who is responsible for this.

They also have to be really, really upset at the prospects of a massive refugee crisis landing right on their borders here very soon.

What we have all heard and read is that the United States is no longer a reliable ally.

The Biden administration alone is responsible for this debacle and its consequences.

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I think it's unfair, as you said, for constituents to understand--and they're not going to go to the DOJ website--but we don't have a reference.

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I think that's really irresponsible.

I think we are all wanting to reach the same objective here and that is to message that we are going to continue to act out of strength and not out of weakness.

I intend to move forward at a business committee meeting to do exactly that.