WASHINGTON (AP) — Tissue holders sit atop the conference table where the congressman's aides field frantic requests from constituents desperate for help in getting friends and loved ones out of Afghanistan before it's too late. Read the full story here. Read more »

A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a Kabul airport gate where U.S. troops were searching evacuees rushing to depart the country. At least 18 other troops were wounded in the bombing that killed at least 170 people. The attack was the single deadliest enemy strike against U.S. forces in Afghanistan since August 2011, when militants shot down a Chinook helicopter, killing 30 U. S.… Read more »

IN THEIR WORDS: Midwest veterans react to Afghanistan withdrawal U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, a retired brigadier general who was deployed four times to the Middle East. "What is unfolding before our eyes in Afghanistan is a colossal failure, and my heart aches for the Gold Star families who are asking if their loss was in vain, and for the people of Afghanistan who have… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., called Thursday's deadly attack at the Kabul airport "horrific" and said the U.S. needs to evacuate everyone who is still stranded in Afghanistan. "We can do it. Give us a new plan Mr. President. Our military is more than prepared to do this," Bacon said in a tweet. The Nebraska Republican also said in a statement: “Our nation’s prayers go out to those… Read more »

July storms caused more than $30 million in damage in Nebraska and left more than one-third of the state without electrical power, according to the state’s congressional delegation. The delegation cited the impact of the storm in a letter to President Joe Biden supporting Gov. Pete Ricketts’ request for federal disaster aid.   The letter was signed by Sens. Ben Sasse and… Read more »

Representative Don Bacon (R-NE), a veteran and member of the Armed Services Committee, talked about the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and efforts to evacuate Americans and Afghan refugees. Watch the full interview here. Read more »

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - While most of the mess from the wind storm last month is cleaned up, more help is needed. Nebraska’s entire congressional delegation wrote a letter to President Biden on Tuesday. The letter supports Gov. Ricketts’ request for a major disaster declaration for heavily impacted communities across the state on July 9th and 10th. Fourteen Nebraska… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — All five Nebraska U.S. Congressional representatives, Senators Deb Fischer and Ben Sasse and House Representatives Jeff Fortenberry, Don Bacon and Adrian Smith, jointly wrote a letter to President Joe Biden in support of Governor Pete Ricketts's request for a Major Disaster Declaration for portions of Nebraska impacted by severe thunderstorms earlier this… Read more »

President Joe Biden went forward with the quick military withdrawal from Afghanistan to meet a campaign promise and the situation created the "worst security debacle in our generation," Rep. Don Bacon, a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general, told Newsmax Monday. "It's been a disaster and the DOD (Department of Defense) and the intelligence community did advise against this… Read more »

Afghans are scrambling to find ways to escape after the Taliban overran their country. Many area refugee resettlement agencies are staffed and ready to accept Afghans who are fleeing the country. But local officials and federal leaders caution that it could be a lengthy process before any fleeing Afghans arrive in Nebraska. In an interview, Bacon said Ungerman and another… Read more »