Kristi Noem blames Biden Afghanistan ‘abandonment’ for National Guard shooting: Full interview

In an interview with Meet the Press, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi criticizes the Biden administration after revelations that the suspect in the shooting of two National Guard members arrived in the U.S. under Operation Allies Welcome, a Biden-era program that resettled thousands of Afghans after Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021.

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