Boulder City, NV…The Bureau of Reclamation today released the Colorado River Basin August 2021 24-Month Study. This month’s study projections are used to set annual operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead in 2022. Releases from these massive reservoirs are determined by anticipated reservoir elevations. Most of the flow of the Colorado River originates in […]
Arlington, Virginia….Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Held a Press Briefing today. Accompanying him were Garry Reid, Afghanistan Crisis Action Group; Major General Hank Taylor. Good afternoon, everybody. I know we gave you an update this morning, so I brought a couple of additional briefers with me this afternoon to flush out some more detail […]
Washington, DC…Good afternoon. I want to speak today to the unfolding situation in Afghanistan: the developments that have taken place in the last week and the steps we’re taking to address the rapidly evolving events. My national security team and I have been closely monitoring the situation on the ground in Afghanistan and moving quickly […]
Washington, DC…President Biden knows from personal experience how difficult it can be to find high-quality, affordable child care — and he’s committed to investing in American families with the expanded Child Tax Credit, universal pre-K, and access to high-quality, affordable child care for all. To learn more about the child tax credit go to childtaxcredit.gov.
Kabul, Afghanistan…(Hindustan Times)…Desperate Afghans ran on the tarmac of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul as a US military aircraft attempted to take off. Some people held on to the aircraft as it took off in their bid to fly out of Afghanistan. According to Reuters, 3 people fell off as the plane was mid-air […]
London, UK…This afternoon the Prime Minister spoke to the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the UN Secretary General António Guterres about the current situation in Afghanistan. He welcomed the joined-up international efforts to get foreign nationals, Afghan contractors and humanitarian workers to safety in recent days. The Prime Minister emphasised the need for a […]
Washington D.C…Today, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) and Members of the House of Representatives received a briefing from the Biden administration regarding the current situation in Afghanistan. But unfortunately, the Biden administration only provided excuses for their lack of leadership. Leader McCarthy released the following statement after the call: “Last month, President Biden told […]
Louisville, KY…U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement after receiving a Biden Administration briefing on the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan: “The Biden Administration’s botched exit from Afghanistan including the frantic evacuation of Americans and vulnerable Afghans from Kabul is a shameful failure of American leadership. “The rapid advance of the […]
San Francisco, CA…Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement on the situation in Afghanistan: “The President is to be commended for the clarity of purpose of his statement on Afghanistan and the actions he has taken. “The Taliban must know that the world is watching its actions. We are deeply concerned about reports regarding the Taliban’s […]
Washington, DC…The following is the text of a joint statement on Afghanistan initially released by the following: Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federated States of Micronesia, […]
