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 »

KETV: The Afghans living in Omaha said they can't just sit and wait. They're desperate and determined to do whatever they can to get their families to safety. That means showing up at U.S. Rep. Don Bacon's office Friday unannounced. They know Bacon understands their country, as he served as an Air Force General in several deployments to Afghanistan. "We'll do the best we can to help… Read more »

Rep. Don Bacon, an Air Force veteran, told Newsmax that the United States's withdrawal from Afghanistan was an avoidable "failure." Appearing on "American Agenda," Bacon decried the Biden administration's withdrawal from the region, stating, "This was a colossal failure; it was avoidable." Watch the full segment here. Read more »

Desperate pleas for help come into Nebraska directly from Afghanistan. "Almost everybody is saying, 'We are hiding in our basements, trying to stay safe. The Taliban are everywhere. It's not safe to go outside. Please help us,'" said Ben 'Felix' Ungerman, deputy chief of staff for Republican Congressman Don Bacon. "We are getting overwhelmed with requests for assistance and help,"… Read more »

Although Congress is currently in recess, lawmakers have taken to the airwaves and social media in recent days to offer support, recriminations and other commentaries on the U.S.’s departure from Afghanistan after 20 years and the Taliban’s rapid conquest of the country. In interviews with Jewish Insider on Monday, four House of the 74 total House veterans — including two… Read more »

OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Tom Gouttierre is the retired Dean of International Studies and Programs and the retired Director of the Center for Afghanistan Studies at the University of Nebraska Omaha. He first arrived in Afghanistan in 1965 as a Peace Corps volunteer. He taught high school and eventually coached the country’s national basketball team. Among his students was President Ashfar… Read more »