VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-31
“We were just put in a very, very precarious situation that could have been better prepared for over the weeks and months prior leading up to that,”
Tyler Vargas-Andrews · said 2026-08-29 · reported 2026-08-31
Vargas-Andrews said Marines were placed in a precarious situation that could have been better prepared for in the weeks and months before the evacuation.
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