Two U.S. House members issued a scathing statement after the pair took a secret trip to the Kabul airport, saying 'Washington should be ashamed' about the ongoing effort to evacuate Americans and allies from Afghanistan.
, saying he has asked the Defense and State departments to craft contingency plans if the evacuations are not complete.
Before the trip became public, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., wrote a letter to tell members they could not travel to Afghanistan. Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., a member of the Armed Services Committee, criticized the two for the trip.
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