House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, praised President Joe Biden’s action in Afghanistan but noted the withdrawal left the situation “in disarray.”

After commending Biden for his “strong,” “decisive” action on Tuesday, Pelosi remarked on how the Afghanistan withdrawal should have already happened “a while back.”

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