Rep. Waltz: "The Taliban Have Realized The Dream Of Osama Bin Laden"

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 20 August 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

This month marks a year since the United States withdrew from Afghanistan. Ever since the Taliban seized control of Kabul, the Afghan economy has collapsed, women have been forced to cover themselves in public, and the majority of young girls have been barred from receiving secondary education. A few days ago, Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL), who served in Afghanistan, joined the Rundown's Dave Anthony to discuss the shortcomings of the US withdrawal and the ongoing threat of Al Qaeda that America continues to face today. Rep. Waltz also discusses the status of legislation he is working on to help Afghans who fought alongside Americans be able to stay in the U.S. and be protected against Taliban threats. Due to time limitations, we could not include all of the conversations in our original segment. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear our entire conversation with Rep. Mike Waltz and hear more of his take on the one year anniversary of America's exit from Afghanistan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.0	This is the Fox News rundown, Extra.
0:20.0	I'm Dave Anthony. Today we focus on Afghanistan talking to the first Army
0:29.2	Green Beret ever elected to Congress who fought in that war and is very worried
0:35.1	about what's happening in the country after US troops left.
0:38.8	And we talked to Congressman Michael Waltz earlier this week a year to the day after the Taliban took control of the capital
0:46.0	cobble again. The very group, U.S. forces ousted from power when the war started in 2001 following the 9-11 terror attacks.
0:55.0	But Afghanistan's government collapsed last August,
0:58.0	as Taliban forces took control of province after province,
1:02.0	while Americans were
1:03.6	readying a final withdrawal. That Taliban takeover then led to a chaotic last
1:09.5	exit you probably
1:14.4	with thousands of Afghans also try to flee the country at Kobles Airport.
1:16.4	Our conversation with Congressman Waltz was too long to fit in our rundown
1:22.4	podcast on Tuesday. Today we do not have any time
1:26.2	constraints at all so you get to hear the whole thing. As always, thank you for
1:30.9	listening and please subscribe to us if you haven't already.
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