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Republicans in Congress fault Biden over chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal
By Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY,
3 hours ago
WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress slammed the Biden administration in a Monday report on the U.S. exit from Afghanistan, faulting president for the chaotic withdrawal of American troops and the collapse of the country's government nearly three years ago.
A special representative for former President Donald Trump's administration negotiated the withdrawal agreement with the Taliban , excluding the Afghan government, the report states, which undermined a longstanding U.S. position that it does not negotiate with terrorist organizations.
But the 353-page report by the House Foreign Affairs Committee argues that President Joe Biden would have pulled U.S. troops anyway, as shown by his adherence to the Trump deal, and it says his administration did so in way that created unsafe conditions for American personnel.
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 9: White House national security communications adviser John Kirby speaks during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on September 9, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kirby defended the Biden Administration after House Republicans released a report criticizing the administration's handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
"His decision allowed the Taliban to conquer Afghanistan , left the U.S. in a perilous counterterrorism position for years to come, and set the stage for the chaotic evacuation from Kabul in August of 2021 that resulted in the deaths of 13 U.S. servicemembers," the report charges. "To this day, the president has yet to acknowledge his role in this in tragedy."
Democrats on the committee accused Republicans of attempting to "politicize" the withdrawal in a minority report on the years-long investigation. They said they were not involved in writing the main committee report and did not receive a draft copy before its release.
The Biden administration had previously released a review of its own, in which it admitted that aspects of the withdrawal were poorly executed. White House national security spokesman John Kirby reiterated on Monday that "clearly there were moments of great violence and there were moments of mission execution that didn't go exactly the way we wanted it to go."
"We mourn the loss of those 13 lives ... every single day, their sacrifice doesn't, doesn't, is not forgotten," Kirby told reporters. "But again, we hold ourselves all accountable."
Trump was the one responsible for that disastrous pullout, and let's not forget he released 5 thousand talibam terrorists. The republican and the democratic reports are both coming put on Monday. The repubs like Trump have done nothing but lie and since we have already heard from military personnel that were there, we already know the real story that will just be reiterated in the dems report
grandpa 6
1h ago
He was so good on making decisions that his own party pulled a coup on him.😂😂😂😂😂
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