Two congressmen slipped into Kabul airport hoping to gather on-the-ground information, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned politicians about visiting Afghanistan
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates—Two U.S. congressmen quietly slipped into Kabul airport on Tuesday, saying in an interview that they hoped to gather on-the-ground information to provide to their fellow elected officials about the chaoticReps. Seth Moulton and Peter Meijer transited through the United Arab Emirates on a commercial airline and then, with no staff and without alerting congressional leadership or administration officials, took military flights on a U.S.
While they were in transit on their return trip, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , warned fellow members of Congress in an official memo not to attempt to visit Afghanistan. “I write to reiterate that the Departments of Defense and State have requested that Members not travel to Afghanistan and the region during this time of danger,” she said in the letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. She said briefings and phone calls would provide information from the executive branch.in Afghanistan was often out of date by the time it made it to the legislative branch.
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