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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, right, stands next to Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a welcome ceremony at the Istana in Singapore Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

VP Harris to arrive in Vietnam as evacuation of Kabul evokes memories of fall of Saigon

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., puts her mask back on after a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats fail to schedule hearing on Afghanistan that Pelosi promised

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, families board a U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. (Sgt. Samuel Ruiz/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)

Team Biden unsure how many Americans need to be evacuated as deadline nears, lawmakers say

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A Taliban fighter stands guard at a checkpoint in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. A panicked crush of people trying to enter Kabul's international airport killed several Afghan civilians in the crowds, the British military said Sunday, showing the danger still posed to those trying to flee the Taliban's takeover of the country. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Anti-Taliban forces seize key territory signaling potential civil war to come

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden takes his face mask off before speaking about Afghanistan evacuations in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden seeks to regain footing with administration underwater on Afghanistan

By Valerie Richardson and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Afghan citizens pack inside a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, as they are transported from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (Capt. Chris Herbert/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Afghanistan refugees arrive in Texas for processing at Fort Bliss

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Afghans stand in line to be evacuated onto an Italian Airforce C130J plane from Kabul airport, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. Italy on Saturday flew 211 Afghans out of Kabul, bringing to some 2,100 the number of Afghan workers at Italian missions and their families who have been safely evacuated from Afghanistan, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. (Italian Defense Ministry via AP)

U.S. activates civil airline fleet to help with Afghan evacuation

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, alongside other senate Republicans, speaks to members of the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, about the impact of proposed tax increases on the middle class on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) ** FILE **

Republicans pressure Biden to flex military might in evacuating Americans

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 9, 2021, file photo, Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about infrastructure investment at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool, File)

Blinken contradicts Biden’s assertion that al Qaeda is ‘gone’ from Afghanistan

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 14, 2018 file photo, Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair makes a speech on Brexit at the British Academy in London. In a lengthy essay posted on his website late Saturday Aug. 21, 2021, Tony Blair, the British prime minister who deployed troops to Afghanistan 20 years ago after the 9/11 attacks, says the U.S. decision to withdraw from the country has “every Jihadist group round the world cheering.” (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

‘Imbecilic’: Ex-UK leader Tony Blair slams Afghan withdrawal

By Associated Press - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden walks from the podium after speaking about Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden’s job approval dives amid Afghanistan bungling, COVID-19 resurgence

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Clockwise from left, Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will confer Wednesday, June 23, with White House officials on next steps for President Joe Biden's nearly $4 trillion infrastructure plans as talks with Republicans see-saw in search of a potential deal.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Biden’s ‘transformative vision,’ Democrats’ plans unfazed by meltdown in Afghanistan

By Seth McLaughlin and Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden answers a question from a reporter about the situation in Afghanistan as he speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

‘Long way to go’: Biden describes improving situation as Afghanistan evacuations increase

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Sullivan says U.S. taking threat of ISIS attack in Kabul ‘absolutely, deadly serious’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 20, 2021, photo provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, a Marine assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit carries a girl at a gate to Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (1st Lt. Mark Andries/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)

Inside the Afghanistan debacle: Biden abandoned Trump’s pullout plan

By Rowan Scarborough and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Monday, Aug. 16, 2021 file photo U.S. soldiers stand guard along the perimeter at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Hundreds of Western nationals and Afghan workers have been flown to safety since the Taliban reasserted control over the country. Yet still unprotected, and in hiding, are untold numbers of Afghans who tried to build a fledgling democracy. They include Afghans who worked with foreign forces, and who are now stranded and being hunted by the Taliban, along with aid workers.(AP Photo/Shekib Rahmani, File) **FILE**

Taliban will only grow stronger, more violent as time ticks on

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘It’s everybody’s fault but Joe Biden’s’: Conservatives buck left’s GOP-Taliban narrative

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump points to supporters after speaking at a Turning Point Action gathering in Phoenix on Saturday, July 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) **FILE**

Trump becomes most vocal ex-president since Teddy Roosevelt: Over 400 statements since WH exit

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division stand security at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. U.S. Soldiers and Marines are assisting the Department of State with an orderly drawdown of designated personnel in Afghanistan. (Sgt. Isaiah Campbell/U.S. Marine Corps via AP) **FILE**

House Republicans propose commission to investigate Afghanistan withdrawal

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

In this Monday, Aug. 16, 2021 file photo U.S. soldiers stand guard along the perimeter at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Hundreds of Western nationals and Afghan workers have been flown to safety since the Taliban reasserted control over the country. Yet still unprotected, and in hiding, are untold numbers of Afghans who tried to build a fledgling democracy. They include Afghans who worked with foreign forces, and who are now stranded and being hunted by the Taliban, along with aid workers.(AP Photo/Shekib Rahmani, File) **FILE**

Humanitarian corridors: Americans must be able to reach the airport in Kabul

By Rep. Chris Smith