Leon Panetta actually said...

We made a promise to United States citizens who are in Afghanistan, and to the Afghans who fought alongside of us that we would do everything we could to evacuate them. I think we've got to still keep that promise.

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Leon Panetta emphasizes the importance of keeping the promise to evacuate U.S. citizens and Afghan allies from Afghanistan.

08/23/2021

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