{"id":429803,"date":"2021-04-15T23:35:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T03:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=429803"},"modified":"2021-04-15T23:35:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T03:35:34","slug":"congress-reacts-to-u-s-troop-withdrawal-from-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-reacts-to-u-s-troop-withdrawal-from-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress reacts to U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcongress-reacts-to-u-s-troop-withdrawal-from-afghanistan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=429803&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2398519\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2398519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 APRIL 14: Joe Biden speaks from the Treaty Room in the White House about the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan on April 14, 2021 in Washington, DC.&nbsp; (Photo by Andrew Harnik-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:45 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, April 15, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>U.S. forces are leaving Afghanistan after nearly 20 years and the move has drawn mixed emotions from military personnel to lawmakers. Additionally, the Biden administration\u2019s chosen date of September 11 to pull troops is part of the debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile he may see it as symbolic, I think it\u2019s insulting to so many people,\u201d Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) said. \u201cSo many veterans that fought there, so many loved ones that lost their relatives in 9\/11.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) stated we should \u201ckeep the fight over there, in their backyard, not ours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many Republicans \u2014 and some Democrats \u2014 said completely pulling boots off the ground could enable a resurgence of terrorism and put U.S. national security at risk. However, Democrat leadership sees it differently.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) claimed the country could \u201cnot be better served than by [Joe Biden] making this decision at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For those looking forward to the Trump administration fulfilling the promise set under a peace deal it forged, Biden\u2019s plan to bring troops home is welcome news, but others have insisted there are key differences in the current approach that are concerning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump wanted out absolutely \u2014 we all do,\u201d Waltz noted. \u201cBut he wanted to do it on our terms and only when the Taliban lived up to their agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Congressman Waltz, who is a retired Green Beret, explained that with troops leaving, the CIA and contact forces follow. He warned: \u201cUltimately, I do think the Afghan security forces may collapse. The government may collapse and if we have to go back in we\u2019ll be doing so blind, without bases, without local partners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response, the Biden State Department has tried to quell concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, U.S. allies have announced, they too are starting to pull troops from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/republicans-urge-biden-admin-to-reevaluate-withdrawal-of-u-s-troops\/\">Republicans Urge Biden Admin. To Reevaluate Withdrawal Of U.S. Troops<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 APRIL 14: Joe Biden speaks from the Treaty Room in the White House about the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan on April 14, 2021 in Washington, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276075,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-429803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}