Political Quotes

“I join the Senator from Missouri and his colleague, Senator Blunt, expressing my condolences and concern for the family of Lance Corporal Jared Schmitz from the great State of Missouri and others who died at the Kabul airport in the effort to free Americans and Afghans who helped Americans from their country and from their deaths. It takes us back to this weekend, Saturday, September 11. Our Nation remembered the horrific attacks that occurred 20 years previous and reflected upon the fight against terrorism, which was set in motion on that very fateful day. The events that unfolded in Afghanistan these past few weeks have made the 20th anniversary of September 11 that much more painful; painful especially for the men and women who served our Nation in Afghanistan. The chaos and collapse of that country cost American lives, opened old wounds, and left many Americans questioning how all this could happen in this manner. The American people require answers from the administration on how our withdrawal from Afghanistan went so horribly--so horribly, horribly wrong. Officials should be, must be, held accountable for their weak leadership and mismanaged withdrawal. During my tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives and here in the U.S. Senate, following the attack of 9/11, I visited Afghanistan four times. Over the course of those visits, I saw progress being made by our troops and by civilians, by our NATO allies, and by Afghan partners.…”