‘The intensity has not changed’: Jason Kander on the fall of Afghanistan – and trying to get friends out
by Martin Pengelly from on (#5P621)
The Missouri Democrat has been described as a possible president - but for now he's focused on healing wounds of a 20-year war
Jason Kander is tired. For weeks the former Missouri secretary of state, an Afghanistan veteran as well as a rising star of Democratic politics, has been working to get Afghans out of the country after its fall to the Taliban. That means working on Afghan time, which means working at night.
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