The House Oversight Committee sent letters to top Biden administration officials demanding information about the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan in 2021.
Evacuees wait to board a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 30. 2021.ByThe House Oversight Committee on Friday sent letters to top Biden administration officials demanding information about the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan in 2021.
"The American people deserve answers and the Biden administration’s ongoing obstruction of this investigation is unacceptable,” he said. "U.S. servicemen and women lost their lives, Americans were abandoned, taxpayer dollars are unaccounted for, the Taliban gained access to military equipment, progress for Afghan women was derailed, and the entire area is now under hostile Taliban control," Comer said."Every relevant department and agency should be prepared to cooperate and provide all requested information.
“We absolutely missed the rapid, 11-day collapse of the Afghan military and the Afghan government,” he said.
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