← All storiesPoliticsDeveloping story Army vet lawmaker marks Abbey Gate anniversary with blistering message for Biden-Harris: 'Abject failure'
Rep. Matt Van Epps is introducing a resolution to mark five years since the bombing at Abbey Gate at the tail end of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. FIRST ON FOX: Former Army aviator Rep. Matt Van Epps, R-Tenn., said he "vividly" remembers the moment five years ago when he heard the U.S. was withdrawing from Afghanistan with scant shreds of a plan in place. "I remember my boss at the time in Tennessee state government asked me, like, 'Hey Matt, are you OK?' And, you know, I think the frank answer is no, I'm very upset about this," he told Fox News Digital in an interview. "And as I talked to my colleagues, some who were serving with me in government, others that were still active-duty Army and in the military, I think the feeling was generally the same, that we spent so much time and effort and to see that unfold the way that it did was just be
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