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Weekly Wrap

 

August 20, 2021

 

This Week: At A Glance



Monday, Winning For Women's attention turned to the women and children who
will be gravely affected by the Biden Administration’s failed strategy to pull
our troops out of Afghanistan over the weekend.Click below to read more. 
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Tuesday, Rep. Ashley Hinson (IA-01) called out the Biden administration for
its complete lack of a strategy following the decision to leave Afghanistan.
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Wednesday, Winning For Women and the Vandenberg Coalition hosted an emergency
Member briefing on Afghanistan, how to help Afghan women and girls, and the
path forward. The briefing featured several GOP Congresswomen and key foreign
policy experts, includingElliott Abrams
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Also, Rep. Stephanie Bice (OK-05) joined a number of freshman class members in
signing a petition requesting the immediate and safe removal of American
citizens stuck in the country. 
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Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley reminded Americans of the true nature of the
Taliban and called on the Biden Administration to be clear-eyed about the
“brutal terrorist organization.”  
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Thursday, Rep. Nancy Mace (SC-01) provided insight into the many repercussions
America will have to face after this fatal and poorly executed plan. 
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In The News





Axios: The Afghanistan exit.
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President Biden on Thursday rejected the notion that Afghanistan will look the
same on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 as it did when the Taliban first ruled,
telling ABC's George Stephanopoulos: "There was a guy named Osama bin Laden
still alive and well."

 

Breitbart: oe Biden Claims ‘No One’s Being Killed Right Now’ in Kabul Despite
Reports of 12 Deaths.
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President Joe Biden claimed in an interview Wednesday no one was getting
killed around the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, despite reports of 12 deaths
in the area.

 

The Hill: Poll: 37 percent of voters say the CDC is moving too slow in
addressing the delta variant.
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Thirty-seven percent of voters say the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) is moving too slow in its response to the delta variant of the
coronavirus, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds.

 

Fox News:
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UK member of Parliament: 'Shameful' for Biden to claim Afghan troops ran. 
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United Kingdom Member of Parliament Tom Tugendhat lamented the rise of the
Taliban in Afghanistan while chastising President Biden for how he has blamed
Afghan forces by accusing them of giving up.

 

NBC News:
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Women and girls in Afghanistan are 'petrified.' This is what women's rights
organizations are doing about it.
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The Taliban has taken control of Afghanistan
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, plunging the nation into a humanitarian crisis that is particularly dangerous
for the country’s 14 million women and girls.

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