VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-31
“decades of action and inaction and just poor decision-making.”
Tyler Vargas-Andrews · said 2026-08-29 · reported 2026-08-31
Vargas-Andrews attributed the failures to multiple administrations, the State Department, and other organizations rather than a single person or group.
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