U.S. President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have said they want to bring back the "warrior” culture to the U.S. Armed Forces.
A key principle of that warrior ethos is to leave no one behind.
But the administration has abandoned 1,600 Afghans who had been vetted and ready to board a plane to the U.S. — part of a promise this country made to the Afghans who served alongside American troops in the longest war the U.S. has fought. As part of his blitz of executive orders, Trump halted the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) for at least three months.
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