Moulton said that the State Department's plan to have 40 consular officers process paperwork for 'tens of thousands' of evacuees is 'completely unacceptable.'
Democratic Massachusetts Representative Seth Moulton has said the United States' botched withdrawal from Afghanistan will likely result in veterans dying by suicide.'s Jake Tapper on Friday. The two discussed Moulton's criticisms about the"inadequate" number of remaining American military troops assisting with the evacuation of Afghan allies and U.S. citizens still trapped in the country.
Democratic Massachusetts Representative Seth Moulton has said the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan will likely result in veterans dying by suicide. In this photo, an Army service member looks down the Korengal Valley from a mountaintop outpost October 24, 2008 in the Kunar Province of eastern Afghanistan.to more quickly process evacuees' paperwork.
He also said he had talked with Marine commanders in Afghanistan who had told him that U.S. forces needed more troops to assist with evacuation efforts. The troops would help ensure that U.S. citizens and Afghan allies can leave without harm from Taliban forces. Tapper then asked whether Biden might not want to deploy additional troops over worries that Taliban forces would possibly kill them. Moulton said he believes that more people are likely to die if additional forces aren't deployed.
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