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War. if you are 20 years old today, you've never known an america at peace. so when i hear that we could have, should have continued the so-called low grade effort in afghanistan, at low risk to our service members, at low cost, i don't think enough people understand how much we have asked of the 1% of this country who put that uniform on. willing to put their lives on the line in defense of our nation. a lot of our veterans and their families have gone through hell. deployment after deployment. missed birthdays. anniversaries, empty chairs at holidays. financial struggles, divorces.

Americans serving in afghanistan, i've traveled that whole country, brave and honorable service, after 20,744 american servicemen and women injured, and the loss of 2,461 american personnel, including 13 lives lost just this week, i refuse to open another decade of warfare in afghanistan. we've been a nation too long at war. if you're 20 years old today, you've never known an america at peace. so when i hear that we could, should have continued the so-called low grade effort in afghanistan at low risk to our service members, at low cost, i don't think enough people understand how much we have ...

War that should have ended long ago. so when i hear that we could have, should have continued the so-called low grade effort in afghanistan, at low risk to our service members, at low cost, i don't think enough people understand how much we have asked of the 1% of this country who put that uniform on. there's nothing low grade or low risk or low cost about any war. it's time to end the war in afghanistan. >> and while the last american troops have left the country, the state department says 1 to 200 americans remain in afghanistan, including duel nationals and people with family ties, also sti...

People, and that is 120,000 lives that we have saved including 6,000 americans and their families and many of them dual nationals, and our commitment is enduring to afghan partners, to american citizens who may not have decided to leave. that is their right to determine when they want to leave. that commitment is enduring. but we have saved more than 120,000 lives and i will let you evaluate that for yourself. >> when you talk about that whether they prepare to leave tonight or tomorrow, and there are billions of dollars of u.s.-made munitions and aircraft and other vehicles falling into the h...

0 helicopter with the state police to get him on the island and as long as there is communication, we will communicate with him to see what is going on there, the but it is hard to have no word from the island and the people on it. in lafitte, the water is very high, and from the louisiana national guard and others are there doing the search and rescue. they are having to get the boats in and out, and we are sheltering the people at the park playground, and then the state is going to coordinate the pickup and move them out to alexandria is the plan. and our systems are down and we have no comm...