Political and Legislative
Harris Travels to Southeast Asia Amid Afghanistan Turmoil
Vice President Harris is leaving as scheduled for a trip to southeast Asia on Friday, amid overwhelming fallout in Washington and Kabul over the Biden administration’s chaotic exit from Afghanistan.
The trip to Singapore and Vietnam was announced last month, but Harris’s trip is likely to draw intense scrutiny over U.S. credibility in following through on security commitments with allies, amid the Taliban’s lightening takeover of Afghanistan following the pullout of U.S. troops.
Her stop in Vietnam is also sure to raise stark comparisons between the U.S.’s desperate exit from Saigon in 1975 and near mirror images that emerged out of Kabul on Sunday as U.S. military helicopters departed the embassy while evacuating staff.
