Tom Malinowski says Biden should assure U.S. will stay at Kabul airport until everyone's out

'There is no way humanly possible that you can keep our promise, the one that the president has promised, by August 31,' the Democrat congressman said.

"We need to operationalize that," the Democrat continued."That means, number one, getting full control of the airport, control of the perimeter—which is difficult but necessary, so that we can decide who comes in—and to make absolutely clear that we are going to stay at that airport, hold that ground, until that mission is complete—but we have not yet heard that from the administration.

Footage from the Hamid Karzai International Airport has shown thousands of Afghans attempting to flee with Americans waiting to be evacuated.in a bipartisan letter addressed to the president imploring him to keep U.S. forces past the deadline, until everyone has been evacuated. Representative Tom Malinowski called on President Biden to ensure that U.S. forces would remain in Afghanistan past the proposed August 31 deadline in order to complete its evacuation efforts. Malinowski speaks during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on September 16, 2020 in Washington, DC."The Pentagon follows orders. They take things literally. That is the only order they've gotten.

Considering the international criticism the U.S. has faced for its hasty clear-out, Malinowski said the only way for the U.S. to leave Afghanistan with honor is to ensure that people are not left behind.

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