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Adam Kinzinger: “I disagreed with the President's decision to leave, but it's made. And so, we now look at there's 18,000 people in…”

On the recordJune 22, 2021
I disagreed with the President's decision to leave, but it's made. And so, we now look at there's 18,000 people in Afghanistan that worked with U.S. forces, to work as translators and other things that in many cases actually died.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

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Kinzinger discusses the situation of Afghan citizens who assisted U.S. forces and the urgency of granting them visas.

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