House GOP releases scathing report on Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan

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House GOP releases scathing report on Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan
600-page report calls out State Dept for failing to have evacuation plan despite clear warning signs
By Morgan Phillips Fox News
7 min read| Published September 8, 2024 6:44pm EDT

Texas Rep. Mike McCaul, the Republican chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released a scathing report that took a fine-toothed comb to the military's botched 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal and highlighted areas of serious mismanagement.

The Republican-led report opens by harkening back to President Joe Biden’s urgency to withdraw from the Vietnam War as a senator in the 1970s. That, along with the Afghanistan withdrawal, demonstrates a "pattern of callous foreign policy positions and readiness to abandon strategic partners," according to the report.

The report also disputed Biden's assertion that his hands were tied to the Doha agreement former President Trump had made with the Taliban establishing a deadline for U.S. withdrawal for the summer of 2021, and it revealed how state officials had no plan for getting Americans and allies out while there were still troops there to protect them.

Here's a roundup of the findings of the 600-page report, comprised of tens of thousands of pages of documents and interviews with high-level officials that spanned much of the last two years:

Biden was not bound by deadlines in Trump's Doha agreement with Taliban

The report found that Biden and Vice President Harris were advised by top leaders that the Taliban were already in violation of the conditions of the Doha agreement and, therefore, the U.S. was not obligated to leave.

The committee also found NATO allies had expressed their vehement opposition to the U.S. decision to withdraw. The British Chief of the Defense staff warned that "withdrawal under these circumstances would be perceived as a strategic victory for the Taliban."

Biden kept on Zalmay Khalilzad, a Trump appointee who negotiated the agreement, as special representative to Afghanistan – a signal that the new administration endorsed the deal.

At the Taliban’s demand, Khalilzad had shut out the Afghan government from the talks – a major blow to President Ashraf Ghani’s government.

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-foreign-affairs-afghanistan-report

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Well that just busted up Shamala's narrative.

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Retired generals defend Harris, blame Trump on Afghanistan withdrawal: report
The former military brass say Trump left Biden and Harris with a disaster
By Anders Hagstrom Fox News
2 min read| Published September 9, 2024 8:15am EDT

A group of retired generals is moving to defend Vice President Kamala Harris from criticism over the Biden-Harris administration's handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan this week.

The group of 10 former generals and admirals includes Admiral Steve Abbot, a former advisor to George W. Bush; Gen. Lloyd W. Newton, and Gen. Larry R. Ellis, who had never endorsed a political candidate until this week.

"Vice President Kamala Harris is the best—and only—presidential candidate in this race who is fit to serve as our commander-in-chief," the group wrote in a National Security Leaders for America letter, first obtained by Axios.

"She has demonstrated her ability to take on the most difficult national security challenges in the Situation Room and on the international stage, from rallying our allies against Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine to standing shoulder to shoulder with our allies in the Indo-Pacific against China’s provocative actions, to advancing U.S. leadership on space and artificial intelligence," the letter continued.

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/retired-generals-defend-harris-blame-trump-afghanistan-withdrawal-report

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'GOP releases scathing report', tucked inside a stern letter?

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Great job, House GOP.

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'GOP releases scathing report', tucked inside a stern letter?

<limp wicks> </s off>

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House Dems issue response to GOP report on Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan
Democrat Rep. Gregory Meeks accused Republicans of criticizing the Biden administration for the withdrawal for political purposes
 By Landon Mion Fox News
4 min read| Published September 9, 2024 1:26am EDT

The House Democrats on the Foreign Affairs Committee released their own memo on President Biden's chaotic 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan after committee Republicans released a report criticizing the president for what went down at the time.

Texas Rep. Mike McCaul, the Republican chair of the committee, released a GOP-led report disputing Biden's claims that his hands were tied to the agreement former President Trump had made with the Taliban establishing a deadline for U.S. withdrawal for the summer of 2021. It also said State Department officials had no plan for helping Americans and allies out while there were still troops in the region to protect them.

McCaul's report also noted the failure to adequately respond to terror threats ahead of the ISIS-K bombing at Abbey Gate at the Kabul airport that killed 13 U.S. service members and more than 150 Afghan civilians, and that the Taliban likely had access after the withdrawal to $7 billion in abandoned U.S. weapons and up to $57 million in U.S. funds that were initially given to the Afghan government.

But New York Rep. Gregory Meeks, the Democrat ranking member of the committee, released a dueling report in response to the GOP-led report, accusing Republicans of criticizing the Biden administration for the withdrawal for political purposes and failing to offer feasible alternatives.

Meeks also said Republicans did not involve Democrat members in their report and stressed that plans for withdrawing from Afghanistan began under the Trump administration.

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-dems-issue-response-gop-report-bidens-withdrawal-from-afghanistan

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https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1833216652986433760

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https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1833216652986433760

Professionally incompetent?

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A group of retired generals is moving to defend Vice President Kamala Harris from criticism over the Biden-Harris administration's handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan this week.

It's good to know that these so-called 'generals' are no longer poisoning our military.