Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., says President Biden's administration bears no blame for the chaotic and deadly withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.
during a Sunday appearance on CNN, telling host Jake Tapper that the blame largely rests with former President Donald Trump.
President Biden's administration doesn't deserve any blame for the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., says. literally gutted our State Department and our diplomatic corps," Lee continued."I believe that the State Department and those that were involved in this, you know, end of the Afghanistan war – which should have happened before then, I believe – did the best they could.
The Taliban celebrate the first anniversary of retaking Afghanistan after the U.S. troops withdrew in a chaotic and deadly operation.had"insufficient senior-level consideration" of what could go wrong during a withdrawal. The State Department conducted more than 150 interviews over a 90-day period to compile the report, which it released to the public June 30.
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