(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — U.S. Senator Dick Durbin said he supports sticking with President Biden's firm Aug. 31 deadline to airlift U.S. citizens and Afghan allies from Kabul.
He spoke Thursday after a terrorist attack at the city’s airport left 12 U.S. service members and dozens of civilians dead.
“The notion that we can delay the timetable of completing our task of evacuating Americans and those who have helped Americans really opens us to vulnerabilities and dangers,” Durbin said.
The senior senator from Illinois, a Springfield Democrat, concedes that the exit has only gotten more complicated.
"It's certainly more challenging, if we're dealing with terrorist bombs and other attacks on our aircraft and personnel, to evacuate those on the ground. Now we have to be dramatically more careful,” he said.
Durbin said his office has been fielding hundreds of requests every day from people wanting an exit strategy from Kabul.
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