New Report Expose Biden-Harris Afghan Mistake

The House Foreign Affairs Committee released a report on Sunday highlighting the Biden-Harris administration’s failures that led to the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal in August 2021.

The 354-page report criticizes the administration for failing to properly coordinate and follow recommendations from NATO and senior military officials during the withdrawal.

This oversight is said to have endangered American troops and contributed to the Abbey Gate suicide bombing, which resulted in the deaths of 13 service members.

The report also alleges that the administration ignored the conditions of the Doha Agreement, disregarded pleas from the Afghan government, and “directly lied to the American people” about the withdrawal process.

The report features testimonies from 18 administration officials, including former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, former Acting Ambassador to Afghanistan Ross Wilson, and Gen. Austin Miller.

“Our investigation reveals the Biden-Harris administration had the information and opportunity to take necessary steps to plan for the inevitable collapse of the Afghan government, so we could safely evacuate U.S. personnel, American citizens, green card holders, and our brave Afghan allies,” Republican Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas, who serves as chair to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said in a statement Sunday. “At each step of the way, however, the administration picked optics over security.”

The bombing resulted in the deaths of approximately 170 civilians and left behind roughly $7 billion worth of military equipment, which has since fallen into the hands of the Taliban. Two days after the Gold Star families criticized the withdrawal in August 2023, Matthew Miller, a spokesperson for the Biden-Harris State Department, defended the withdrawal as the “correct policy choice.”

The House Foreign Affairs Committee is getting to the bottom of the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal. The decision to remove all troops regardless of conditions being met was reckless and deadly. People deserve to know what happened and will learn more in tomorrow’s report. pic.twitter.com/E0VrAvphje

— Congressman Mike Lawler (@RepMikeLawler) September 8, 2024

“The Biden-Harris administration misled and, in some instances, directly lied to the American people at every stage of the withdrawal, from before the go-to-zero order until today,” the report reads. “This coverup included mid-level administration officials all the way up to the Oval Office. And as this investigation reveals, the National Security Council and NSA Jake Sullivan were of the source of the majority of that misinformation campaign. In the aftermath of the withdrawal, U.S. national security was degraded as Afghanistan once again became a haven for terrorists, including al Qaeda and ISIS- K. America’s credibility on the world stage was severely damaged after we abandoned Afghan allies to  Taliban reprisal killings — the people of Afghanistan we had promised to protect. And the moral injury to America’s veterans and those still serving remains a stain on this administration’s legacy.”

Vice President Kamala Harris confirmed that she was the “last person in the room” when President Joe Biden made the decision to withdraw from Afghanistan and said she was “comfortable” with the decision during an interview with Dana Bash in April 2021.

The White House has upheld that the withdrawal was the “right thing to do,” according to a statement provided to CNN.