Had it gotten any closer to the speaker's balcony they have long guns to take it down, but it didn't. It landed right in front.

Michael McCaul

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( The Taliban) are not clearing the airplanes to depart. They've sat at the airport for the last couple of days, we know the reason why is because The Taliban want something in exchange. This is really Chris, turning into a hostage situation where they're not going to allow American citizens leave until they get full recognition from the United States of America.

This is a great victory for the radical Islamist jihad world, and they will gain momentum from this.

I worry we are sending the wrong message to our allies and adversaries of weakness, our allies are questioning whether they can trust us, and our enemies no longer fear us, that is dangerous foreign policy to be engaged in.

President Biden has reversed every single Trump policy — the JCPOA, 'Remain in Mexico,' but then he says he was bound by this agreement? he wasn't.

My fear is that President Biden is projecting weakness, not strength, and that is very dangerous in the international community.

It is an even bigger threat.

The winners here are the terrorists, Al Qaeda, the Taliban, Russia, Iran and China.

It is like watching history repeat itself.

I think the secretary has been devoid of reality this whole time since the decision was made in May. I think it's an unmitigated disaster of epic proportions.

I hate to say this : I hope we don't have to go back there, but it will be a threat to the homeland in a matter of time.

And I think the President -- this is going to be a stain on this President and this presidency. And I think he's going to have blood on his hands for what they did.

The CCP is currently committing genocide against ethnic and religious minorities in their country and are brutally cracking down on peaceful protesters in Hong Kong who are simply crying out for freedom, until they stop murdering and imprisoning their own people, I don’t believe anyone in the world should look to them for moral advice.

You know, I do think it's more likely than not it emerged out of the lab. Most likely accidentally.

There are a couple fundamentals, here, though, that I think most Americans do agree with. That is, asking for an I.D., you know when someone votes. I don't believe that's voter suppression, the idea of verifying signatures I think is very important as well. I think what the Republicans here will tell you is that they're trying to make sure that the person voting is the person on paper so it's a legitimate vote devoid of fraud.

The United States has a moral obligation and a national security interest in fulfilling its promises to those who have risked their lives to support our mission, we recognize that a very important task is to ensure that we remain faithful to them, and that we do what’s necessary to ensure their protection, and if necessary, get them out of the country.

My question is -- what is the holdup ? It's been six months since the conflict started. The atrocities are continuing and the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate.

We have a duty and a moral responsibility to protect them from the Taliban and al-Qaeda. If we do not give them special immigrant visas, they will be left behind and be slaughtered by the enemy.

When I spoke to Secretary of State Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan, they both told me that they believe China poses the greatest long-term national security threat to the United States, so it was good to get their assurances on that.

President Trump deserves major credit -- major credit -- for reducing Michael McCaul forces in Afghanistan to a sustainable level, scoring major victories against terrorists across the region and ensuring the Afghans themselves are at the front of the fight, that same successful approach should continue until the conditions for long term defeat of ISIS and al Qaeda have been achieved.

We're playing a limited -- limited -- but important role in defending American national security and American interests against terrorists who would like nothing more than for the most powerful force for good in the world to simply pick up our ball and go home, they would love that.