A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers who have military backgrounds took part in a roundtable on Aug. 20 to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, urging the White House to extend its evacuation efforts beyond the Kabul airport, while arguing that the Aug. 31 deadline is helping to fuel the chaos on the ground.
Four members of Congress who served in the military—Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), Jason Crow (D-Colo.), Kaialiʻi Kahele (D-Hawaii), and Peter Meijer (R-Mich.) offered their takes on the situation in the country and current evacuation efforts during the virtual event hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center.
