Both Democrats and Republicans supported the legislation to posthumously honor the 13 U.S. troops
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, speaks to reporters about his panel's Afghanistan Report and the findings of its three-year investigation into the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan , at the Capitol in Washington Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. He is joined by Republican lawmakers and families of the military members who were killed by a Taliban bomber during the evacuation.
But rather than a unifying moment, the event took place against the backdrop of a bitter back-and-forth over who is to blame for the rushed and deadly evacuation from Kabul. Johnson, a Louisiana Republican and ally of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, scheduled the ceremony just hours before the first debate between Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris.
Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee also released a scathing investigation on Sunday into the withdrawal that cast blame on Biden’s administration and minimized the role of Trump, who had signed the withdrawal deal with the Taliban. Regardless, Trump has thrust the withdrawal, with the backing from some of the families of the Americans killed, into the center of his campaign.
While Trump and Republicans have sought to link Harris to the withdrawal as a campaign issue, and Harris has said she was the last person in the room when Biden made his decision, neither watchdog reviews nor the 18-month investigation by House Republicans have identified any instance where the vice president had a significant impact on decision-making.
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