are concerning to some critics on capitol hill. he was wasting precious time this week pressuring democrats to vote for a $5 trillion spending bill a tax bill, that what he was wasting time on. every minute of his day should be getting all americans out. republican senator ted cruz writes this under no circumstances will we stay in afghanistan indefinitely the president biden must make clear this is the only condition unde which we believe in he must ensure that condition is met. if the presidents mind is made up, i think he s asking the pentagon for contingencies in case everyone he has promised t help leave afghanistan cannot b next tuesday, but that s not th plan, the plan is to leave by the deadline he chose in the deadline the taliban tries to hold him to. look, the completion of august 31st depends on the taliban continuing to operate i