REPORT: Pentagon Offered Plan to Begin Afghan Evacuations in May, White House Declined
posted by Hannity Staff - 9.29.21
A new report from NBC News claims the Pentagon offered the Biden administration a plan to begin evacuating people from Afghanistan in May, but the option was rejected by the White House.
“How the administration and the U.S. military managed the withdrawal will be the focus of a high-stakes congressional hearing Tuesday, when Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, and McKenzie will appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee for the first time since America’s exit from Afghanistan,” reports NBC News.
“The senior defense officials said that after President Joe Biden announced his decision in April to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the U.S. military was ready within weeks to present a plan for a possible large-scale evacuation of Afghans and others from Kabul. But White House and State Department officials declined the offer and asked that the topic be taken off the agenda for a meeting May 8, the senior defense officials said,” adds the outlet.
https://hannity.com/media-room/report-pentagon-offered-plan-to-begin-afghan-evacuations-in-may-white-house-declined/
