President Biden is expected to spend at least part of Labor Day weekend at his home in Delaware, despite the aftermath of the chaotic evacuation of Afghanistan that has left dozens of U.S. citizens and thousands of Afghan allies from the U.S. military to Taliban-controlled territory.
The White House says Biden will head to Wilmington after a full day of visiting Louisiana communities devastated by Hurricane Ida. Before he leaves the New Orleans executive mansion on Friday morning, the president is scheduled to make statements on the August job report.
Biden was supposed to go to Delaware two weekends ago, but his trip was initially delayed and then undone due to the continued withdrawal from Afghanistan – which was then in its final stages. – as well as the approach of Hurricane Henri to the northeastern United States.
Although the last U.S. military flight from Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport took off on Monday, Biden and senior officials in his administration have been on fire for failing to withdraw about 100 U.S. citizens, as well. as an unknown number of legal permanent residents and thousands of Afghans who assisted U.S.-led NATO Forces during the two-decade-long war against the Taliban. These Afghans and their families have allowed themselves to be defended against Islamic fundamentalist avengers.
On Thursday, more than two dozen Senate Republicans accused the Biden administration of evacuating thousands of Afghans who had no ties to the United States at the expense of the Allies, who had or had applied for special visas. immigrants (SIV).
Meanwhile, three school districts in California have said some of their students remain in Afghanistan after traveling with their families to visit relatives during the summer holidays.
Last month, Biden was harshly criticized for staying at Camp David as the Taliban completed their final assault on the Western-backed Afghan government, which culminated in the August 15 capture of Kabul and the flight. in exile of then-Afghan President Ashraf. Ghani.
The president interrupted his stay at Camp David long enough to return to Washington the next day and deliver a speech to the nation on Afghanistan, during which he admitted that the Taliban reconquest “unfolded faster than we had planned “. Biden then returned to Camp David before finally returning to the White House the next evening.
