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Ridiculous. Shameful. **************************** Sacramento Bee: https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article254412638.html "San Juan Unified School District officials last week said 41 students were trapped in Afghanistan — a sharp increase from the two-dozen-or-so the district had previously identified. Of the 41 kids, three were evacuated over the weekend from the war-torn country but remain overseas, district officials said." ******************************* LA Times story on college student's status for Fulbright scholarship: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-10-05/afghanistan-fulbright-program *************************** Jim Garaghty comments: "Why are we relying on elementary-school principals to help get American citizens out of a country run by hostile extremists? America really does expect its educators to do too much. People become teachers and principals because they want to help people, but managing an overseas hostage-rescue operation is asking far too much. What do we have a federal government for? What is its purpose? What duties should it prioritize? Why is the federal government under President Biden contemplating creating a “Civilian Climate Corps,” building 500,000 electric-vehicle-charging stations, upgrading 4 million commercial buildings, offering cash rebates for purchasing energy-efficient appliances, and hiring 87,000 new IRS agents . . . when it is failing its most basic duty of getting our citizens out of harm’s way overseas? Before our government expands into vast new responsibilities and duties, is it too much to ask that it complete the task on this duty?" https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/dozens-of-american-children-remain-trapped-in-afghanistan-and-biden-moves-on/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MJ_20211006&utm_term=Jolt-Smart