In the year since #Kabul fell to the #Taliban, we still don’t have full answers as to how the Biden Admin failed to see it coming & did not plan to evacuate Americans & Afghan partners. foreign.senate.gov/press/ranking/… Tens of thousands of Americans, U.S. Legal Permanent Residents, and at-risk Afghans are still left behind in #Afghanistan. This includes American veteran #MarkFrerichs who continues to be held hostage despite the Biden Admin’s many capitulations to the #Taliban.

While President Biden attempted to make the case tonight that ‘America is back’ and our diplomacy is stronger than ever, we’ve witnessed a vastly different reality over the last year. foreign.senate.gov/press/ranking/… The admin’s failure to draw hard lines throughout 2021 fed #Putin’s perception of Western weakness. The sanctions & weapons transfers thus far are a good 1st step, but we must do more for #Ukraine. My #NYETAct spells out exactly what should happen, including secondary sanctions.