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On the recordSeptember 28, 2021
That it was actually an amazing undertaking. It was done under chaotic circumstances because the government had collapsed, because the party had melted away the Afghan army and that even in the midst of all of that, our military was able to get about 124,000 people out. They left no American-owned equipment behind. They managed to execute that.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts
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msnbc.com

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Senator Warren praised the military's evacuation efforts from Afghanistan despite chaotic circumstances.

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