Rep. Brian Mast, Florida Republican, accused the Biden administration Monday of “manipulating” intelligence and misleading the public about the Taliban’s swift takeover of Afghanistan. The testy exchange with Secretary of State Antony…
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Pentagon top brass to testify before Senate panel on chaotic U.S. pullout from Afghanistan
Senior leaders from the Department of Defense will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the committee announced Thursday. The committee chairman, Sen. Jack Reed, said he had concerns and questions regar…
Senate Republicans call for Pentagon testimony on Afghanistan
Senate Republicans on Wednesday called on Democrats to compel senior Pentagon leaders to testify about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. In a letter to the Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed, Rhode Island Democrat, nine committee Re…
Ghani breaks silence, apologizes for fleeing Afghanistan
Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Wednesday said fleeing Kabul was “the most difficult decision” of his life and apologized to the Afghan people for leaving “without ensuring stability and prosperity.” Mr. Ghani, now living in exil…
U.S. funded Wuhan lab research raises COVID origin questions
New documents revealed Tuesday are offering new insights into the score and target of U.S.-funded research on coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China and raise new questions over the origins of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic that has mo…
Antony Blinken to testify before Senate panel
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan on Sept. 14. The hearing, titled “Examining the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan,” marks the first co…
Army vet behind Afghan evacuation mission says State Department provided little help
The U.S. Army veteran who organized Monday’s overland evacuation of four U.S. citizens from Afghanistan to a neighboring country said the State Department played only a small role in the effort and is exaggerating its involvement to “save face” for the…
Bill Hagerty, GOP senator: Allies ‘shaken to the core’ by Afghan withdrawal
America’s European allies fear an increased risk of terrorism and a growing humanitarian crisis amid the fallout from the Afghanistan withdrawal, according to a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who recently met representatives from seve…