In fact, I've been down on this floor in the past arguing on behalf of Qatar and the US Qatar relationship when other senators have tried to denigrate the Qatari's contributions to regional peace. The Qataris have been a critical partner of ours on so many important issues. It's worth saying that there's no way that we would have been able to evacuate 12, excuse me, 124,000 people from Afghanistan on the eve of the Taliban takeover without Qatars help. (13:25–13:30)
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