“We want Biden’s focus to be on rescuing every American who he left behind enemy lines, and a full accounting of who they are, and we’re going to continue to press for legislation on the House floor this week to confront that," said GOP Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana.
According to the White House, the U.S. has evacuated about 37,000 people from Afghanistan since Kabul fell to the Taliban on Aug.15. But the administration has declined to say exactly how many Americans might still be in Afghanistan.
“Biden needs to come clean with the total number of Americans being left behind enemy lines,” said Scalise.
On Monday, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters that officials had contacted every American they know to be in Afghanistan “every way we know how.” Sullivan said that some U.S. citizens did not notify the government of their entry into or departure from Afghanistan before the Taliban seized power.
Rep. Michael Waltz of Florida, a former Army Green Beret who served in Afghanistan, said Biden should extend his deadline to get American citizens out of the country.
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