Statement of Rep. Peter Welch on Afghanistan

Statement

Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement in support of President Biden's decision to set a September deadline to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, ending America's longest war:

"I welcome President Biden's decision to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan and end America's longest war. This is long overdue. After 20 years of conflict and too many American and Afghan deaths, it is painfully clear that a U.S. military mission cannot, alone, bring peace and stability to Afghanistan. Our servicemembers have made tremendous sacrifices to deliver on the intended mission to destroy and drive out Al-Qaeda from Afghanistan, and now it is time to come home. Congress must act to make sure that no President has the authority and a blank check to carry out a decades long war ever again."

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