House GOP holds press conference after release of report into Afghanistan withdrawal
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, holds a press conference after the release of a House … source
Afghanistan blame game frustrates those seeking solutions
Republicans and Democrats are trading blame over the withdrawal from Afghanistan, battling over who is responsible for the fallout from the longest war in American history. The fighting has raised concerns that disputes over the past could undermine ongoing efforts to help Afghans today. The blame game has played out this week in both the […]
Kamala Harris DOESN’T want you know Afghanistan withdrawal
Tuesday's debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump was far from fair. Moderators David Muir and Lindsey Davis of ABC's Democratic presidential nominee David Muir and Lindsey Davis fact-checked Trump multiple times and gave him little opportunity to defend himself, but did nothing to reassure Kamala. But there was a moment when Muir actually pressed […]
John Kirby mistakenly exposes the White House’s disdain for veterans’ concerns over botched Afghanistan withdrawal
America's veterans continue to demand accountability and answers about the Biden-Harris administration's disastrous and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan. While some veterans may have long suspected that the Democratic administration was doing its best to ignore their concerns, John Kirby, public affairs adviser to the White House National Security Council, seemed to accidentally confirm that this […]
John Kirby slammed over accidental email to reporter that there’s ‘no use in responding’ to veteran concerns over Afghanistan withdrawal
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby faced intense criticism on Wednesday after he inadvertently emailed a reporter saying there was “no point in reacting” to veterans' concerns about the Harris-Biden administration's failure to pull out of Afghanistan. Kirby, 61, apparently intended to send a negative response to White House staff but accidentally hit […]
Biden-Harris Afghanistan Withdrawal an Avoidable ‘Slow-Moving Train Wreck’
The House Foreign Affairs Committee released a 300-page report on Monday into the Biden-Harris administration's failure to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. The report is particularly unsparing in its criticism of the decisions that led to the deaths of 13 U.S. soldiers in a suicide bomb attack at Kabul airport on August 26, 2021. of ReportQualified […]
U.N. Rights Chief Shocked by Taliban’s ‘Outrageous’ Repression of Women in Afghanistan
The Taliban are repressing Afghan women and girls with unprecedented restrictions that will put the country's future at risk, a shocked UN high commissioner for human rights warned on Monday. Volker Turk said the new Islamic morality law, which bans women from speaking or showing their faces in public, and repressive restrictions on education and […]
Even The Feds Can’t Get Biden’s Pentagon To Say How Many People Were Actually Evacuated During Afghanistan Withdrawal
Three years later, pressing questions remain, and even federal investigators have been unable to get the Biden administration's Defense Department to answer how many troops have actually been evacuated from Afghanistan during the 2021 withdrawal. The Biden administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan was a chaotic operation that initially left 13 service members dead and thousands of […]
House honoring 13 US service members killed in 2021 Abbey Gate bombing during Afghanistan withdrawal
House Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York, will host a gold medal ceremony to honor the 13 U.S. soldiers killed at Abbey Gate during the withdrawal from Afghanistan. President Johnson will posthumously award Congress' highest honor, the Gold Medal, to the 13 Americans killed in […]
Congress Honoring The 13 Service Members Killed In Afghanistan Withdrawal
Photos of the 13 U.S. service members killed in the suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan are displayed ahead of a Gold Medal ceremony in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on September 10, 2024. Senate and House leaders will attend the ceremony along with the families of the 13 service […]