Sasse urges Biden to tell Taliban 'we're getting our people out however long it takes': 'Damn the deadline'
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In a blistering statement, Sen. Ben Sasse said Biden should be calling the shots, not the Taliban, who said there would be "no extensions" of the deadline set for withdrawal.
"Damn the deadline. The American people are not going to surrender our fellow citizens to the Taliban," Sasse said in a statement issued by his office Tuesday. "Americans want us to stay until we get our people out, and so do our allies. The Biden administration needs to cut the Stockholm syndrome." The Pentagon, meanwhile, said Tuesday morning that they plan on sticking with the Aug. 31 deadline. At a press briefing they stated that the number of U.S. troops will be reduced to "zero" by that date, and that there is "no question" that the Taliban will help any remaining Americans leave the country.More Related News