Hagerty bound for Europe to talk with allies about Afghanistan withdrawal
U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty of Tennessee (left) remained critical of the Biden administration’s withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan as he endorsed Republican state Rep. John Gillespie’s re-election bid Wednesday, Sept. 1, at an East Memphis fundraiser. (Daily Memphian/Bill Dries)
Hagerty spoke Wednesday, Sept. 1, at an East Memphis political fundraiser just before leaving for a tour of Europe to meet with government leaders and NATO allies.
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