Derrick Van Orden: “We can't say that we need to get out of Afghanistan so…”

“Oftentimes, people are legislating, and they don't understand the long term or even short term ramifications of these policy decisions that they're making. We've seen that over and over and over again, and it's time to stop. We can't say that we need to get out of Afghanistan so quickly that we abandon thousands of American citizens and our allies. And then the next day get involved into another conflict where we don't have any type of metrics. When are we actually going to leave?” (04:22–04:30)

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