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Name: Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) – C-SPAN Profile Interview with New Members of the 118th Congress
Uploaded: 2023-02-17T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 9 s
Description: Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) – C-SPAN Profile Interview with New Members of the 118th Congress

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) – C-SPAN Profile Interview with New Members of the 118th Congress

Published February 17, 2023 | Video Starts at 05:13

But we ceased all operations when everybody pulled out, and things just went totally squirrely. So the rest of my friends pulled out a total of about 17,000American citizens and our allies that The Biden administration just flat out lying. They just lied, saying that there was nobody left in there. And it's unconscionable that the President of the United States would do that sort of stuff. And if you remember, no one has been held accountable for this. (05:13–05:20)

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Accuses the Biden administration of lying about no Americans being left in Afghanistan.

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