A retired Green Beret who helped Afghans escape the Taliban during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is raising objections to a Biden nominee. Joe Biden has nominated a person who was in charge of the visa program to be the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq.
Retired Army Lt. Colonel Scott Mann served multiple tours in Afghanistan. He led Operation Pineapple Express, a mission which evacuated hundreds of Afghan allies from Afghanistan during the Taliban takeover in 2021. The person in charge of the visa program for Afghans was Tracey Jacobson. Biden has nominated her to be U.S. Ambassador to Iraq. Mann calls this a slap in the face to veterans. She shouldn’t be getting a new assignment but she should be relieved of her duties.
Mann calls the nomination “failing up” for Jacobson. According to the announcement released by the White House, she is 59 years old and a career member of…
