Republicans have criticized the withdrawal as a major failure of the Biden administration.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced scrutiny Wednesday during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.Republican lawmakers called the event one of the darkest moments of President Joe Biden's administration. The withdrawal led to a rapid collapse of the Afghan government and military, which the U.S. had supported for two decades.
forces, who had been part of the coalition in Afghanistan, were reportedly unprepared for the speed of the U.S. exit.'The Committee is holding this hearing because the Department of State was central to the Afghanistan withdrawal and served as the senior authority during the August non-combatant evacuation operation ,' McCaul wrote in a statement announcing the subpoena.
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