WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, during a hearing in the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) on Threats to the Homeland, Senator Rick Scott questioned Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray on the Biden administration’s botched and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan which has empowered terrorists on the FBI’s Most Wanted List to take over the country.

Senator Rick Scott asked, “Earlier this month, the Taliban appointed its senior leadership and named Sirajuddin Haqqani to be Afghanistan’s interior minister. Haqqani is on the FBI’s most wanted list and designated as a global terrorist due to his role in the January 2008 attack on a hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed six people, including an American citizen. Last I heard, the FBI was offering an up to $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Haqqani. Does anyone disagree that it is counter to America’s national security interest for a known terrorist to be in a position of leadership in Afghanistan?”

Senator Scott continued with questions regarding the safety of Americans that are still stranded in Afghanistan, under the leadership of known terrorists, and what the Biden administration plans to do to free the Americans left behind and protect the United States.

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