No Guarantees ISIS Won’t Bounce Back After Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal: Biden’s National Security Adviser
National security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday he “can’t make any guarantees” that terrorist groups like al-Qaida and ISIS won’t see a resurge once U.S. forces withdraw from Afghanistan in the coming months.
Sullivan made the remarks in response to questions from Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace, who cited pushback to President Joe Biden’s decision to pull out the remaining 2,500 to 3,500 U.S. troops by Sept. 11.
“Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says that we’re opening the door for the Taliban to come back and raising the possibility that so will terror groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda,” Wallace said, playing a clip of McConnell arguing that Biden’s decision was “gift-wrapping” the country for terrorists.
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Chris Wallace Confronts Jake Sullivan on Afghanistan Withdrawal, Cites Challenges in Iraq
On 4/18/21 at 12:51 PM EDT
Fox News anchor Chris Wallace confronted Jake Sullivan, President Joe Biden s national security adviser, over the administration s plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September, pointing to challenges that arose as the U.S. drew down its forces in Iraq.
Biden announced last Wednesday that his administration would bring an end to America s longest war by September 11, marking the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks against Washington, D.C. and New York that the U.S. used as justification to invade Afghanistan in 2001. But Biden has received swift pushback from many top Republicans, who have strongly criticized the decision and warned of greater instability.
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U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made a stop in Pikeville April 8 to visit Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) and discuss the medical centerâs COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts.
âI want to thank Donovan Blackburn (PMC CEO) and his entire team as Pike County has done better than any other county in Kentucky in getting the vaccine administered to people,â McConnell said. âIf youâre a football fan you know what the red zone is. Itâs the last 20 yards before the end zone and today in Pikeville I think we can safely say weâre in the red zone but weâre not in the end zone yet.â