WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott released the below statement following the terrorist attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, which killed at least 12 U.S. service members and wounded many others.

Senator Rick Scott said, “The tragedy we’ve witnessed in Kabul today was predictable and preventable. This loss leaves me and countless other Americans furious and heartbroken. There was no reason that 12 American families needed to lose a son or daughter, husband or wife, dad or mom, or sibling today. But that is what President Biden’s unmitigated failure in Afghanistan has caused – the needless loss of American life. The deaths of these brave service members fall on President Biden who has yet to address the American people on this loss. His inexplicable lack of a strategic plan to successfully and safely evacuate Americans and our allies must be answered for.”

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