{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-statement-on-troop-withdrawal-from-iraq-and-afghanistan", "Murphy Statement On Troop Withdrawal From Iraq And AfghanistanRead More", "2020-11-17", "2020", "2020-11", "Democrat", "House", "CT", "Christopher Murphy", "M001169", "www.murphy.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Murphy Statement On Troop Withdrawal From Iraq And Afghanistan \n        \n        November 17, 2020\n      \n        \n          WASHINGTONU.S.\r\nSenator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), the top Democrat of the U.S. Senate Foreign\r\nRelations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and\r\nCounterterrorism, on Tuesday released a statement on the Pentagon's\r\nconfirmation that they will draw down troops in Iraq and Afghanistan before\r\nPresident-elect Biden is inaugurated: I\r\nsupport a swift and orderly drawdown of U.S. forces from Iraq and Afghanistan.\r\nBut it's important that we do this in the right way and in close coordination\r\nwith alliesnot on President Trump's political timeline. said Murphy. The Afghan government\r\nis currently engaged in sensitive negotiations with the Taliban over the future\r\nstatus of the country's political and social order, and we should use our\r\nleverage to help them get the best deal possible. From Iran to Yemen to\r\nAfghanistan, President Trump is apparently intent on implementing a series of\r\nlame duck policy changes designed to constrain the options available to\r\nPresident-elect Biden. These decisions should not be made until Biden takes\r\noffice so as to allow the people's choice to be Commander in Chief to determine\r\na path forward. ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-statement-on-troop-withdrawal-from-iraq-and-afghanistan"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5068871434777975, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}