WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Aug. 15, 2021: * * * Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, released the following statement regarding the ongoing situation in Afghanistan. "What we are witnessing in Afghanistan is deeply concerning. "As I said in May, the situation has an eerie resemblance to the end of the Vietnam war. "The Biden administration must use all possible mea more PR