Washington, March 3 -- Rep. Don Beyer issued the following press release:
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who previously served in the State Department as a U.S. Ambassador, today issued the following statement after Americans were instructed (https://x.com/AsstSecStateCA/status/2028588420403241021?s=20) by the State Department to evacuate from a list of countries comprising nearly the entire Middle East:
"Today I have heard from constituents who are in Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, the U.A.E., and Qatar or have family there and are frantically trying to get to safety. The State Department is instructing the approximately one million Americans in the Middle East to evacuate, but flights across the region are cancelled, airspaces are closed, and air...