State Department denies lack of planning for withdrawal laid out in GOP-led Afghanistan report
In a new statement, the State Department backed a hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 after Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee released a scathing 350-page report detailing dysfunction and lack of planning leading up to the withdrawal. A statement from a State Department spokesman said Republicans have “issued partisan statements, cherry-picked facts, suppressed […]
Retired generals defend Harris, blame Trump on Afghanistan withdrawal: report
A group of retired generals is coming to the defense of Vice President Kamala Harris against criticism over the Biden-Harris administration's handling of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan this week. The group of 10 former generals and admirals includes Navy Adm. Steve Abbott, a former adviser to President George W. Bush, Gen. Lloyd […]
House Dems issue response to GOP report on Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan
Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee released their own memorandum on President Biden's chaotic 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan after Republicans on the committee released a report criticizing the president for what happened at the time. The committee's Republican chairman, Rep. Mike McCaul of Texas, released a Republican-led report that disputed claims that President Biden […]
GOP releases critical report of Biden withdrawal from Afghanistan
Long-awaited Republican Report An analysis of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan paints a picture of President Biden determined to leave the country but fumbling around with his preparations, setting the stage for a chaotic and deadly withdrawal from the longest war in American history. Three years after the U.S. withdrawal from Iran, a report released […]
Kamala Harris Campaign Blames Trump for the Afghanistan Withdrawal
Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign has tried to blame former President Donald Trump for her and President Joe Biden's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan — even though the withdrawal occurred seven months after Trump left office. The Harris-Waltz campaign released a statement Friday, arguing that “Trump left the Biden-Harris Administration with no plan for an […]
House GOP releases scathing report on Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan
Rep. Mike McCaul, a Republican from Texas who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released a scathing report taking a hard look at the failure to withdraw troops from Afghanistan in 2021 and highlighting areas of serious mismanagement. The Republican-led report begins by recalling President Joe Biden's rush to withdraw from the Vietnam War as […]
Dana Bash Questions Buttigieg Point-Blank On Harris’ Responsibility Over Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal
CNN's Dana Bash grilled Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday about Vice President Kamala Harris' role in the failed Afghanistan withdrawal. Harris Faced Backlash over the disastrous withdrawal that left 13 soldiers dead outside Kabul International Airport. During “State of the Union,” Bash asked Buttigieg how he should handle Harris' role. Confirmed She was “the […]
Gold Star father sends message to Biden in wake of Afghanistan withdrawal: ‘Want to know everything’
Gold Star father Darin Hoover and Gold Star mother Kelly Barnett joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ in wake of the nearing three-year … source
House committee subpoenas Antony Blinken over refusal to testify in Afghanistan withdrawal probe
The House Foreign Affairs Committee subpoenaed Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday for refusing to testify about the Harris-Biden administration's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. The committee, led by Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), gave Secretary of State Blinken until September 19 to answer the committee's questions or face being held in contempt of Congress. “Withdrawal […]
Blinken subpoenaed by House committee over Afghanistan withdrawal
House lawmakers on Tuesday subpoenaed Secretary of State Antony Blinken for refusing to testify about the Biden administration's 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan. The House Foreign Affairs Committee said in a letter written by Republican chairman Michael McCaul of Texas that Blinken could be held in contempt if he does not appear before the committee on […]