WaPo/NYT/WSJ just sent Biden's NSA an urgent request to evacuate 204 journalists, families, staff

[highplainsdem]

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Editing to add a tweet with the text of what the newspaper publishers sent Biden:

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[Me.]

1. Best Wishs On Their Safety

But can't help asking, if 204 journalists was necessary?

[Yonnie3]

2. "... and families"

SMH

[Wingus Dingus]

4. Maybe they weren't watching the news.

It's been reported that Afghanistan is not a great place to hang out, especially recently.

[WarGamer]

3. and WHY still there?

[Sherman A1]

6. That would be my question

It’s not like anyone with any sense didn’t see this coming on a calendar.

[pinkstarburst]

9. Seriously.

They have known this was coming for months. Why on earth are they still there? Please tell me they did not linger to try to get a news scoop and now are expecting US troops to put their lives in danger in a war zone to try to extract them. Absolutely ridiculous.

[FakeNoose]

5. TV news crews are still over there - they can fill several planes I'm sure

[ansible]

7. CBS reported that at least 10k american citizens still in Kabul

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/10000-americans-awaiting-evacuation-from-kabul/

[FloridaBlues]

8. This exit was known for awhile now.why wait till last minute to leave?

Military have been removing people for several weeks.
Glad we are sending more troops to help remove as many as possible and soon.