of things and the reality on the a round. .,. ,., .., of things and the reality on the around. .. y., .. , of things and the reality on the around. , ., ground. in fact, you can see that from many ground. in fact, you can see that from many of ground. in fact, you can see that from many of the ground. in fact, you can see that from many of the pentagon - ground. in fact, you can see that - from many of the pentagon briefings that are taking place. 0ne from many of the pentagon briefings that are taking place. one of the things that make the pentagon and the defence department so special is their ability to plan, the ability to think ahead. what we re here is a pentagon, a us military, that seems caught off guard and seems unable to decide how to address the issue of getting all of its people as well as its allies out of the country. while we see the taliban have these checkpoints set up, the issue is how do you get people beyond these checkpoints to the airport? right now the us
0n 2july the us military left bagram airfield, its key base, effectively ending its military campaign there. five days later, president biden gave a press conference where he reassured people that the taliban would not take over afghanistan. but over the following weeks, taliban insurgents gained more and more ground. the final blow came last sunday, 15 august, when both jalalabad and kabul fell to the taliban. president biden has received criticism for his response to the afghanistan crisis, but has defended his decision, and promised to bring us nationals home. let s get reaction now from political analyst, eric ham, whojoins us from washington dc. hi, eric. thank you forjoining us, especially because it is the middle of the night where you are. we appreciate you staying up. president biden s speech to the nation last
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Global 360’s Anna Gawel and Eric Ham talk to Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) of the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the Represent America Abroad Act of 2021, the legislation she recently re-introduced to diversify the U.S. Foreign Service.
According to the American Academy of Diplomacy, out of 189 U.S. ambassadors serving abroad last year, only three were African American career diplomats, and just four were Hispanic.
And last year, a first-of-its-kind government report found that between fiscal 2002 and 2018, the proportion of racial or ethnic minorities working full time at the State Department only rose by 4% from an already low 28%.
Bass discusses her efforts to make America’s Foreign Service look more like the rest of America.
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