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<item congress="117" measure-type="hres" measure-number="607" measure-id="id117hres607" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2021-08-24" update-date="2021-09-10">
<title>Condemns President Biden's failure to heed the advice of military and intelligence advisors about the speed and nature of the Taliban offensive, leading to a disorganized, chaotic, and abrupt evacuation of United States personnel and Afghan allies.</title>
<summary summary-id="id117hres607v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2021-09-10">
<action-date>2021-08-24</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This resolution condemns the President's failure to heed military and intelligence advisors about the speed and nature of the Taliban offense in Afghanistan and urges the President to commit to maintaining the evacuation operation as long as necessary to evacuate any U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or Afghan partner who requests evacuation assistance .</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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