they would come to edmonton, which is in alberta, the province decide. it is a very scary time for people in british columbia. i know friends are watching the news and trying to see how close these fires are coming to their communities. kamloops has been evacuated and they can go home. it is a very scary time in alberta. it is possible, i mean, it is very dry here, that we could also have forest fires which we have had in the past. and in terms of the military efforts, what more do we know about what they will be doing and how that will help? so, there are about 350 military personnel who have been deployed to help fight the forest fires. they are going to be here this summer because this is not just a one time thing. i know we have had this heatwave but this is going to be a very challenging summer and conditions are dry so if there is a lightning storm and lightning hits a bunch of grass, i mean, it is like hitting a match, right?
US lawmakers, advocates question Biden s plan to evacuate Afghans who assisted military efforts ANI | Updated: Jun 27, 2021 11:39 IST
Washington [US], June 27 (ANI): As US President Joe Biden moves ahead with his plan to withdraw Afghans from Kabul who have assisted US military efforts in the country, lawmakers and advocates have raised several questions as the deadline for the plan draws near.
The White House on Thursday confirmed that it would evacuate former interpreters, drivers and others along with their families to third countries to shield them from danger in Afghanistan, senior administration officials confirmed to The Hill.
It comes after mounting pressure on the Biden administration from lawmakers to evacuate Afghans who are waiting for Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applications to be processed.
the time when you tried to get more members to vote against that aumf. watch. september 11th changed the world. our deepest fears now haunt us. yet i am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the united states. however difficult this vote may be, some of us must urge the use of restraint. our country is in a state of mourning. some of us must say, let s step back for a moment. let s just pause just for a minute and think through the implications of our actions today so that this does not spiral out of control. congresswoman, how do you reflect on that today? particularly because with our military efforts we have not had another international act of terrorism. we ve had some significant
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you re listening, you should be able to find compromise on almost everything. but the nra would not listen to reason. and in the end when we had to and we had control of the senate and the house in 2012. we not only passed universal background checks, but we also passed high capacity magazine limits for the first time in a western purple state. [ applause ] governor, you in response to the president s national emergency on the border wall tweeted the u.s. needs to focus on real emergencies like our epidemic levels of gun violence. would you declare a national emergency on gun violence if you were president? you know, i was pointing out that the level of gun violence is, again, continuing to increase by the way. mm-hmm. i don t think that that is the purpose of declaring national emergencies. i think what the president has done on the border diminishes our military efforts at creating