Protests erupt as House Republicans grill Secretary of State Antony Blinken on 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan
The House Foreign Affairs Committee heard testimony from Secretary of State Antony Blinken Wednesday as he defended the Biden administration decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan in 2021.
Blinken faces Republican critics of Afghanistan withdrawal
Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as an ending of the country's longest war that freed resources for other conflicts, in testimony in the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
Blinken defends Afghanistan withdrawal at contentious House hearing
The secretary of state's testimony comes months after Republicans issued a scathing report on the Biden administration's handling of the exit from Afghanistan.
Protests erupt as House Republicans grill Blinken on 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan
The House Foreign Affairs Committee heard testimony from Secretary of State Antony Blinken Wednesday as he defended the Biden administration decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan in 2021.
Congress Critics Tell Blinken: Afghan Withdrawal 'Lit the World on Fire'
"The Committee is holding this hearing because the Department of State was central to the Afghanistan withdrawal and served as the senior authority during the August non-combatant
Blinken testifies in hostile hearing over botched Afghanistan withdrawal
Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday to answer for the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan that left 13 servicemen dead. It was a tense and at times outright hostile hearing with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle ripping into the secretary for the lack of security and
Blinken grilled in Congress on US withdrawal from Afghanistan
Congressional Republicans on Wednesday grilled Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Sec. Blinken Answers for BUNGLED Afghanistan Withdrawal, Congress Votes on NDAA as Shutdown Looms
The Hill's Senior Editor, Jesse Byrnes, joins Daily Debrief Host Drew Petrimoulx to discuss U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's testimony today on the complications of the United States' 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan,
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