A former Afghan interpreter, Rahmat Mokhtar, who served with U.S. Marines in Afghanistan, hopes his presence at Tuesday's State of the Union speech will remind lawmakers of the promise made during the 20-year war.
, a coalition of veterans, activists and people in government working on the resettlement issue.
"The issue is one that crosses traditional partisan divides," said Shawn VanDiver, the San Diego Navy veteran who co-founded and chairs #AfghanEvac. "This issue is so important, not just to veterans of our military. It's important to our frontline civilians, folks who served in and out of uniform overseas, our aid workers and our wartime allies," VanDiver said."Because this is about the very idea of America, about the value of America's word. When we make a promise, when we make a commitment, when we go in and we say, we're going to do something — then we've got to follow through.
Mokhtar and VanDiver said they were disappointed last year when President Joe Biden didn't mention Afghan resettlement at his first State of the Union Speech. Both are hopeful the he'll bring it up Tuesday.Mokhtar said the bill — which Peters plans to reintroduce this month — means everything to the tens of thousands of Afghans now in the U.S. who stand to benefit.
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