{"id":671876,"date":"2021-08-22T09:51:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T13:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=671876"},"modified":"2021-08-22T09:51:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T13:51:24","slug":"lawmakers-concerned-with-afghanistan-withdrawal-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-concerned-with-afghanistan-withdrawal-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers concerned with Afghanistan withdrawal deadline"},"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\">12<\/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%2Flawmakers-concerned-with-afghanistan-withdrawal-deadline%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=671876&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_2497604\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2497604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks to the press at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Austin said U.S. forces would evacuate as many people as possible from the Kabul airport as thousands pressed to leave after the Taliban takeover of the country. ( (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 6:40 AM PT \u2013 Sunday, August 22, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>A bipartisan group of representatives claimed the deadline for withdrawal from Afghanistan was arbitrary and fueled panic. The four representatives, two Democrat veterans and two Republican veterans, met on Friday to discuss the withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>Democrat Rep. Jason Crow (Colo.) asked the Biden administration to extend efforts around the Kabul airport to get Americans out. He said he believed that would be the only way for Americans to make it past the Taliban and be evacuated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THEY NEED TIME! Kabul airport gates are mobbed &amp; Americans + SIVs can\u2019t get through bc Afghans know the math- if we are abandoning them by 8\/31, they know it\u2019s 96 hours b4 evac flights end and mil evac starts. By not extending deadline <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> guarantees a line of innocent dead. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FrF2eLoJP5\">https:\/\/t.co\/FrF2eLoJP5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Peter Meijer (@RepMeijer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMeijer\/status\/1429075283416600576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition, Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer (R) called the August 31 deadline arbitrary and said the U.S. needed to focus on the goal of evacuation rather than specific dates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situation evolved too rapidly for many of the estimates,\u201d he expressed. \u201cRight now, and I think we speak in a unified voice in this, we cannot turn our backs on the American citizens that are there and on our Afghan allies who are there as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The total number of Americans and Afghan allies still needing evacuation has been estimated to be in the thousands.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/president-trump-takes-the-stage-at-save-america-rally-in-ala\/\">President Trump Takes The Stage At \u2018Save America Rally\u2019 In Ala.<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks to the press at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. 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