Major Joshua Mast
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The deputy chief of mission personally met with Afghan, or Ghani, that's what she told the FBI in her statement, that she personally met with him to get that shut down. So they went out of their way to stop that from happening.
The deputy chief of mission personally met with Afghan, or Ghani, that's what she told the FBI in her statement, that she personally met with him to get that shut down. So they went out of their way to stop that from happening.
So the Afghan Ministry of Defense, Afghan Ministry of Labor, both recommended the president approve US Forces Afghanistan formal request to send her to a guardian in the US. And that specific email chain I got from this Afghan, this Afghan child protection specialist. After three years, I've asked for that document in all of these cases for three years. And ignored, denied, never gotten it.
So the Afghan Ministry of Defense, Afghan Ministry of Labor, both recommended the president approve US Forces Afghanistan formal request to send her to a guardian in the US. And that specific email chain I got from this Afghan, this Afghan child protection specialist. After three years, I've asked for that document in all of these cases for three years. And ignored, denied, never gotten it.
So the Afghan Ministry of Defense, Afghan Ministry of Labor, both recommended the president approve US Forces Afghanistan formal request to send her to a guardian in the US. And that specific email chain I got from this Afghan, this Afghan child protection specialist. After three years, I've asked for that document in all of these cases for three years. And ignored, denied, never gotten it.
I didn't even get it from my board of inquiry where they're trying to say I went against US foreign policy. Well, I've got the US foreign policy email because this guy that we got out after two years gave it to us.
I didn't even get it from my board of inquiry where they're trying to say I went against US foreign policy. Well, I've got the US foreign policy email because this guy that we got out after two years gave it to us.
I didn't even get it from my board of inquiry where they're trying to say I went against US foreign policy. Well, I've got the US foreign policy email because this guy that we got out after two years gave it to us.
He was too scared to do it before because he thought he'd get shut down and deported back to Afghanistan because he was in a third country while his visa for the US was processing and it had to be renewed every six months. And so he's worried about his wife and two little kids. But you know what he did for us? I'll never forget this.
He was too scared to do it before because he thought he'd get shut down and deported back to Afghanistan because he was in a third country while his visa for the US was processing and it had to be renewed every six months. And so he's worried about his wife and two little kids. But you know what he did for us? I'll never forget this.
He was too scared to do it before because he thought he'd get shut down and deported back to Afghanistan because he was in a third country while his visa for the US was processing and it had to be renewed every six months. And so he's worried about his wife and two little kids. But you know what he did for us? I'll never forget this.
This Afghan who was really supposed to protect her, she ended up, her life ended up saving his family. But he told me, he gave me the email, the DNA test request that I'd also asked for. Because I'd been told this happened, but I couldn't prove it. And we really needed it at a time. And he wasn't safe yet. And so he said,
This Afghan who was really supposed to protect her, she ended up, her life ended up saving his family. But he told me, he gave me the email, the DNA test request that I'd also asked for. Because I'd been told this happened, but I couldn't prove it. And we really needed it at a time. And he wasn't safe yet. And so he said,
This Afghan who was really supposed to protect her, she ended up, her life ended up saving his family. But he told me, he gave me the email, the DNA test request that I'd also asked for. Because I'd been told this happened, but I couldn't prove it. And we really needed it at a time. And he wasn't safe yet. And so he said,
take care of my wife and kids if they deport me back to Afghanistan for doing this. And he sent us that email. And that was right before he actually got safely to the US. But he risked everything to make sure that that truth got out. And that made all the difference at the board.
take care of my wife and kids if they deport me back to Afghanistan for doing this. And he sent us that email. And that was right before he actually got safely to the US. But he risked everything to make sure that that truth got out. And that made all the difference at the board.
take care of my wife and kids if they deport me back to Afghanistan for doing this. And he sent us that email. And that was right before he actually got safely to the US. But he risked everything to make sure that that truth got out. And that made all the difference at the board.
Because here you are having the government recycling these arguments we've already proved false in court over and over again. But they did it verbatim at this board of inquiry. These same mega law firms that have been representing these litigants were in the board of inquiry, like working with the prosecutor to try to get us kicked out of the Marine Corps, which was just amazing in and of itself.
Because here you are having the government recycling these arguments we've already proved false in court over and over again. But they did it verbatim at this board of inquiry. These same mega law firms that have been representing these litigants were in the board of inquiry, like working with the prosecutor to try to get us kicked out of the Marine Corps, which was just amazing in and of itself.
Because here you are having the government recycling these arguments we've already proved false in court over and over again. But they did it verbatim at this board of inquiry. These same mega law firms that have been representing these litigants were in the board of inquiry, like working with the prosecutor to try to get us kicked out of the Marine Corps, which was just amazing in and of itself.