McCarthy Says There’s ‘No Possible Way’ to Evacuate All Americans From Kabul by Aug. 31

U.S. soldiers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, arrive to provide security in support of Operation Allies Refuge at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 20, 2021. Senior Airman Taylor Crul/U.S. Air Force/Handout via Reuters

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Tuesday there’s “no way possible” for the United States to evacuate all Americans and complete a withdrawal from Afghanistan as per President Joe Biden’s self-imposed Aug. 31 deadline.

“There’s no possible way that we can get every American that’s still in Afghanistan out in the next seven days,” McCarthy said during a news conference following a classified briefing on the matter.