Beginning in afghanistan, the general advised President Biden against his disastrous Foreign Policy decision. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. On april 14th, 2021, President Biden announced the United States woulderally withdraw its military forces from afghanistan. For months before that announcement, the Intelligence Community and his senior military advisers, including both gentlemen testifying here today issued dire warnings about the withdrawal one, 23 state Department Employees in cable channel, secretary blinken, warning of their grave concerns for afghanistan s stability and for their safety. Yet, nothing was done. Instead, our investigation uncovered the white house refused to listen to warnings about the situation on the ground, and disturbingly, we have uncovered the state Department Leadership prohibite uttering the word neo shorthand for emergency evacuation until as late of august of 2021. Too little, too late. Eventually, this committee learned the state
Good evening. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, the judge in former President Trumps Election Interference Trial said this morning either the District Attorney or the special prosecutor must step aside. The decision, out of Fulton County georgia, comes amid allegations of an improper relationship between the two. This afternoon the special prosecutor nathan wade resigned. Correspondent Jonathan Serrie is in atlanta tonight to tell us where things go from here. Good evening, jonathan. Good evening to you, bret. Facing pressure from the judges order, special prosecutor nathan wade stepped down from the case leaving District Attorney fani willis perhaps wounded but not disqualified as the defense initially wanted. The Fulton County District Attorneys office faced an unpleasant but not difficult decision. Had nathan wade remained a special prosecutor in the Georgia Election interference case, d. A. Fani willis and her entire office would have had to step aside. Instead, wade resigned, expla
Beginning in afghanistan, the general advised President Biden against his disastrous Foreign Policy decision. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. On april 14th, 2021, President Biden announced the United States would unilaterally withdraw its military forces from afghanistan. For months before that announcement, the Intelligence Community and his senior military advisers, including both gentlemen testifying here today issued dire warnings about the withdrawals consequences. After the announcement, i, along with other republican and Democrat Members of congress urged the president to prepare for the withdrawal and its inevitable fallouts. Unfortunately, the warnings were ignored. As the withdrawal date in there. , the situation in afghanistan deteriorated as the taliban gained significant ground across the country. Yet, the binding administrations failure to plan for their withdrawal threatened the safety and security of u. S. Personnel in the country. As a result, in july
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