Next week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hear from Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, a move that left 13 service members dead, hundreds of Americans stranded, and gave control of the country to the Taliban.
“President Biden’s misguided and dangerous decisions in his botched withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan led to the United States most stunning, unforced and humiliating defeat in decades,” the letter addressed to Sens. Jack Reed (D-RI) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) stated.
“Thanks to this administration’s actions, the world is now a more dangerous place,” the letter continued. “Now, we as members of the United States Senate, and the American people, are rightfully demanding answers.”