National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan: “We gave 20 years of American blood, treasure, sweat, and tears in Afghanistan … and at some point, it was the time for the United States to say that the Afghan people had to stand up for themselves.”
“We made the judgments we made based on the information we had at the time, while preparing for the alternative contingency.”
— National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on the Afghanistan pullout and flying more troops in to evacuate Americans and allies.
— National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on the Afghanistan pullout and flying more troops in to evacuate Americans and allies.
“This wasn’t a choice just between saving those women and girls and not saving those women and girls. The alternative choice had its own set of human costs and consequences …”
— National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on the Afghanistan pullout
— National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on the Afghanistan pullout
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says President Biden “has not yet spoken with any other world leaders” since Kabul fell to the Taliban.
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