New: West Wing PB is meant to be consumed by politicos/WH ppl.
Today, we wanted to give others a chance to reach that audience,
We asked active duty/veterans who served in Afghanistan: What would you tell the White House today?
Here r some of their answers
politico.com/newsletters/we…
Democratic congressional staffer and U.S. Army veteran:
Current active duty Air Force officer who spent time on a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Regional Command-South in Afghanistan:
Navy officer who has done a “couple” tours in Afghanistan:
An ER physician who served in Kandahar, Afghanistan who thinks we need to get out now
and a former Air Force staff intelligence officer who served in Afghanistan in 2010-11 who says we have a moral obligation to Afghans who helped us and need to go get them
Jeff Phaneuf, Marine Corps Iraq veteran who has spent the last five days helping Afghans evacuate:
Perry Blatstein, former CIA officer in Afghanistan and Situation Room official during Obama and Trump administration:
An active duty Marine and Afghanistan veteran:
An Air Force surgeon who served in Afghanistan:
special thanks to @TinaSfon @emilycadei @alliebice @samstein for working quickly and late to make this edition of the newsletter happen. hope you give it a read.
Thanks for saying so @brianstelter
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