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
Charter is proud to be recognized as one of the best internet providers and we are just getting started. Building 100,000 miles of new infrastructure to reach those who need it most. Charter Communications Support cspan as a Public Service with these other television providers. Giving you a front row seat to democracy. Next, retired generals martelli and Kenneth Mckenzie discuss their involvement in the Lessons Learned from the 2021 u. S. Withdrawal from afghanistan, this Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing is almost 4 hours. Afghanistan. We will hear from the generals who advised President Biden against his disastrous Foreign Policy decision. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. On april 14th, 2021, joe biden announced the United States would unilaterally withdraw its military forces from afghanistan. For months before that announcement, the intelligence immunity and his senior military advisers, including both gentlemen testifying today, issued dire warnings about the withd
new york city mayor as he is the masses of illegal immigrants arriving in the big apple will, quote, destroy the city. never in my life have i had a problem that i did not see an ending to. i don t see an ending to this. i don t see an ending to this. this issue will destroy new york city. reporter: according to the mayor s office, there are now over 110,000 migrants in new york city. over 13,000 of which were bussed if by the state of texas. now, mayor adams went on to say that the city s going to have a $12 billion deficit, cuts will have to be made to support the arrivals of illegal immigrants, and that every service in new york city will be impacted, as he says the city is overrun. it s going to come to your neighborhoods. all of us are going to be impacted by this. i said it last year when we had 15,000, and i m telling you now, 110,000, the city we knew, we re about to lose. and we re all in this together. reporter: meanwhile the first day of classes kicked off
white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off tonight. good evening, jacqui. good evening, shannon. we are seeing a groundswell of opposition to something that hasn t yet happened. the return of any federal mandates in some schools and localities are trying to tamp down on this recent rise in cases. tonight the governors of south carolina and florida are announcing that their states will not bring back any restrictions. as president biden s cdc is warning people to remain vigilant. we know that masks don t work. we knew that from the very beginning. president biden flouting cdc mask guidance this week after being exposed. 10 days or something. i got to keep wearing it but don t tell them i didn t have it on when i walked in. support for a republican bill ban the return of federal mask mandates. democrats unwilling to go that far. i think that would depend on the lethality of covid, if hundreds of thousands of people are dying, the government response is
The acting labor secretary, Naval Operations chief and commandant of the marine corps were on capitol hill this morning to brief members of the Senate Armed Service committee addressing concerns about readiness and modernization. The hearing runs about two and half hours. The fiscal year 2018. I want to thank each of our witnesses for their distinguished service to the nation, as well as the sailors, marines and surveillance they lead were serving around the world today and recent months our nations senior civilian military leaders have testified to this committee about the severe threats we face around the world. The report shortfalls in readiness that our military has advantage over our potential adversaries is eroding and the dire need for new modern capabilities. Yet, as secretary matus testified here on tuesday, the greatest immediate threat that our military bases is right here in washington, fiscal uncertainty, continuing resolutions, arbitrary and inadequate caps on defense spe