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Rep. Waltz slams Biden for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan while Navy veteran remains Taliban hostage
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Florida Rep. Michael Waltz slammed the Biden administration on Tuesday for giving away all "leverage" by pulling American troops from Afghanistan while Navy veteran Mark Frerichs remains a Taliban hostage.
Mark Frerichs is a contractor from Lombard, Illinois, who is believed to have been held for more than a year by the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network. Frerichs, a former Navy diver, was living in Kabul for a decade working on construction projects as an engineer when he was abducted, the Washington Post reported. "The last American troops have pretty much gone home and the Biden administration has given away all of our leverage," Waltz, R-Fla., told "Fox & Friends" on Tuesday. "The thing the Taliban wanted the most, and they’ve been asking for it for 20 years, is for American troops to leave."More Related News