Source: United States Senator for Arkansas Tom Cotton
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: James Arnold or Mary Collins Atkinson (202) 224-2353
February 18, 2022
Cotton Statement on DOD Report Confirming Biden’s Failure to Screen Afghan Evacuees
Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement regarding the Department of Defense Inspector General’s report on the screening of evacuees during the withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021:
“Joe Biden promised to vet the evacuees that came to America after his retreat from Afghanistan. But he didn’t, and now American lives are at risk. According to this report, dozens of suspected bombmakers and terrorists arrived in our country—and now some have gone missing. This debacle is yet another reminder of the dangerous consequences of Joe Biden’s dishonorable withdrawal from Afghanistan.”
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