Joseph Biden actually said...

"Let me be clear. The evacuation of thousands of people from Kabul is going to be hard and painful, no matter when it started or when we began. It would have been true if we had started a month ago or ..."

"He thinks the longer those U.S. troops stay there, the higher the threat of a potential terrorist attack by a ISIS-K, by another organization becomes."

"We are currently on pace to finish by August the 31st. The sooner we can finish the better. Each day of operations brings added risk to our troops."

"We`re working hard and as fast as we can to get people out. That`s our mission. That`s our goal. We are working diligently to make sure we`ve increased the ability to get them out."