August 2021. If committee on Foreign Affairs will come to order for the purpose of this hearing is to discuss the effects of the Biden Administration afghanistan policy since the u. S. Withdrawal for an out recognize myself for an opening statement. Following the withdrawal from afghanistan the countrys no better off than when the United States first entered any progress made has been erased. It did not have to be this way administration deadly chaotic withdrawal was illconceived from the very start. There are no plans for enduring peace support of the Afghan People. The caliban who now control afghanistan are terrors to impose edicts to oppress the Afghan People they have used women and stealing humanitarian aid from starving afghans. They partner with terrorist organizations such as al qaeda al qaedas leader and top lieutenant was living in downtown kabul under the protection of the network in the caliban. Specifically the talibans minister of interior and leader. The taliban holds s
Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Washington Times for this special episode of history. As it happens, im martin di caro. Today were going to talk about the iraq war. 20 years on, on march 20th, 2003, president George W Bush announced the United States was invading iraq to get rid of Saddam Hussein and his weapons of mass destruction, weapons that did not exist. The war killed thousands of american soldiers and contractors and hundreds of thousands of iraqi people. We were not greeted as liberators. Why . Well, our guest today for this special episode of the podcast is the dean of us Foreign Policy historians melvyn leffler, welcome. Thank you. Im delighted to be here to discuss this really important topic with you. Welcome to the Washington Times, Professor Emeritus of history at the university of virginia and the author of confronting Saddam Hussein. George w bush and the invasion of iraq. So the book was published to coincide with the anniversary of the war. But youve been working on
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We need to. This is not what we want, not what were looking for. We dont want escalation. Is we dont want a second or third front develop. We dont want to see our forces or our personnel come under fire, but if that happens, were ready for it. Secretary of state Antony Blinken making it clear, the United States will respond to any provocation from iran connected to the israelhamas war. It comes as Israels Defense Forces are expanding air strikes in gaza. Well get the latest with a live report from israel straight ahead. Plus, new reporting on how President Biden and other u. S. Officials helped delay the Ground Invasion of the territory. Also ahead, well dig into the republicanled dysfunction on capitol hill. There are now several candidates hoping to become House Speaker after jim jordans failed bid. And well get you expert legal analysis on Donald Trumps violation of the gag order in his Civil Fraud Trial, as well as another new guilty plea deal from one of his codefendants in the ge