Congressman Jim Banks on Afghanistan
The Sean Hannity Show
Sean Hannity
4.0 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2021
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Congressman Jim Banks of Indiana currently serves in the U.S. Navy Reserve as a Supply Corps officer. In 2014 and 2015, he took a leave of absence from the Indiana State Senate to deploy to Afghanistan during Operations Enduring Freedom and Freedom’s Sentinel. He is outraged by the actions of Biden, and his inaction to help Americans trapped in Afghanistan. Banks is calling for the release of the full ABC interview that Biden gave to George Stephanopoulos:
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| 0:00.0 | All right, our two Sean Hannity show. Thanks for being with us. |
| 0:02.6 | 800 941 Sean. You want to be a part of the program. |
| 0:07.9 | Let me go back to this exchange. Peter Ducey Fox news. |
| 0:11.6 | Jen Saki Jen Saki saying it's irresponsible to say |
| 0:15.8 | that Americans are stranded that they are not. |
| 0:19.0 | Now I went over in great specificity and great details. |
| 0:23.4 | Every state department memo that is being sent to Americans caught |
| 0:27.5 | behind enemy lines. You might want to make your way to the airport. |
| 0:30.6 | But we can I guarantee your safety. |
| 0:33.7 | And then don't go to the airport now. That was Saturday. That's what they said. |
| 0:39.2 | Then you go through everything that was set over the weekend, |
| 0:41.5 | pentagon spokesman John Kirby, Al Qaeda and ISIS. Yeah, they have a presence in Afghanistan. |
| 0:47.3 | Kirby admitting that people are being beaten some on the way to the Afghanistan airport. |
| 0:52.2 | Uh, wouldn't answer the Taliban very clearly telling Sky News that in fact that |
| 0:58.7 | deadline is hard of August the 31st. |
| 1:02.1 | I don't have an exact inventory of the equipment seized by the Taliban, |
| 1:05.9 | but it's estimated in the billions, apparently, including black haul helicopters. |
| 1:11.1 | Uh, we believe we have evacuated several thousand Americans. |
| 1:14.4 | No, we don't have any idea how many Americans are actually there. |
| 1:18.9 | We're not sure. Uh, |
| 1:21.5 | you know, then, uh, general hangtale are unaware of a combo, |
| 1:26.7 | Kabul embassy warning about threats outside the airport. |
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