the military there, the government, aid projects, et cetera, and more than 2,200 u.s. service members lost their lives and thousands more injured. were the last 20 years in afghanistan a waste? six of those soldiers who lost their lives were soldiers i commanded. jacob lowell and chris pfifer. jim, i ve got to tell you, the last couple of nights it s been sleepless for me and a lot of others. and, of course, much worse for the people in afghanistan. it s really frustrating to watch all of this unfold. it also makes me a bit angry. all the missed opportunities and unforced errors over the last 20 years that have led us to, you know, this place, which is a calamity and unfolding
the longer answer or the more complete answer is, look, we ve got to work with what political agreement emerges on the ground in kabul. there s an unfolding humanitarian disaster going on there, which we have an opportunity to work with the government that emerges in afghanistan to alleviate. we have an opportunity to work with the government that emerges from afghanistan to address the terror threat, to address human rights. yeah. and so now is the time to begin setting those conditions. let me just ask you, because you mentioned before that six service members under command lost their lives there. can i give you the opportunity to say their names again? yes. tom bostic, dave boris, ryan frigge, adrian hike, jacob lowell and chris pfifer. thank you. just a reminder to viewers that those 2217 vservice members who
The clinic had 1,700 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine available to students and staff. Author: Emma Nicolas Updated: 7:27 PM EDT April 16, 2021
Due to a pause on the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, Grand Valley State University s vaccination clinic carried on with the use of Pfizer doses on Friday.
The single dose J&J shot had been ideal for college and university campuses where students will soon head home for summer. Sixteen-thousand doses had been shipped to several dozen campuses in Michigan this week, only for federal officials to call for a pause on the vaccine s use Tuesday.
Instead, Metro Health was able to supply GVSU with 1,700 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, which requires two doses three weeks apart.
is deteriorating to the fact that one or two more months could be too late. chris, you have fought against insurgents in afghanistan. you have lost good men fighting insurgents in afghanistan, tom, jacob richie, jacob lowell. do you feel that this has put others at risk? i would add those that were killed in a different area but, yeah, i ve fought taliban. i ve been in fire fights with them. i hear them talking on the walkie-talkie to get a u.s. soldier as a prisoner. it s an ongoing desire for them. we have a desire to take some of them as detain ees. so the fact that there s an exchange five years after he was captured is highly unlikely to
after american heroes like pat tillman or ben keating or jacob lowell, ryan frichy, jared monty. it then invests this place that should not necessarily have an investment of american longevit not necessarily deserve. one of the things that i think is important about your book, jake, because you do drill down so specifically on one place and one time period is that you really get a very strong narrative about the at times, the disconnect between people on the ground whose skin is in the game and people making decisions about where they need to be and the people at home in washington who are making decisions about whey we re there at all. with the end of this year approaching and military officials planning to present president obama with recommendations on troop levels going forward between now and the end of 2014, do you feel like, are you reporting, able to report about whether commanders