INHOFE, ROGERS URGE BIDEN TO CHANGE COURSE: With the beginning of the end of the U.S. and NATO military presence in Afghanistan to get underway in days and to be completed in a matter of months, Republicans in Congress have only a narrow window to try to reverse the policy they believe is a grave mistake.

“We once again urge President Biden to reconsider his political, calendar-based approach to withdrawing from Afghanistan,” said Sen. Jim Inhofe and Rep. Mike Rogers, ranking members of the Senate and House Armed Services committees. “The United States entered Afghanistan as a result of 9/11, and it is irresponsible to leave when conditions on the ground would lead to a civil war in Afghanistan and allow the country to become a safe haven for terrorists once again,” they said in a joint statement.