“It should be clear that any member presence presents a danger and an opportunity cost of resources, regardless of the value members consider they can add to those trips,” the California Democrat said in a letter to lawmakers.
Colleagues and the Biden administration criticized the effort as dangerous and a strain on the military, as it works feverishly to meet the administration’s deadline of August 31 because the U.S. complete their withdrawal.
Pelosi said in his letter Thursday that more than 100,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan since late July and that the administration “must continue to report” to Congress on its efforts. She added that she and other congressional leaders were briefed Thursday by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and that Congress “remains deeply concerned about security and the humanitarian situation.”