Chief DOD Spox Sean Parnell: ‘We Have an Obligation’ to Hold Military Leaders Accountable for AfghanistanKristina Wong 18 Mar 2025
Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell on Monday said the Department of Defense has an obligation to hold military leadership accountable for the botched Afghanistan withdrawal under the Biden administration that saw the death of 13 U.S. service members and dozens more wounded.
Asked whether the DOD would commit to firing or disciplining military leaders still serving who were directly involved in the withdrawal, Parnell responded:
I think we have an obligation, both to the American people and to the American war fighters who fought in Afghanistan, to hold the leadership accountable in some way. Now, we don’t know what that looks like right now, but to hold the leadership that was in charge of the Afghan withdrawal accountable. Because, look, if you have a private that loses a sensitive item, that loses night vision goggles, that loses a weapon, you can bet that that private is going to be held accountable. The same and equal standards must apply to senior military leaders.
Parnell said the DOD is in the process of figuring out what the investigation into the withdrawal will look like.
He spoke at length about his own experience as an Afghanistan War veteran who lost 30 friends in the war.
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