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
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
Going to try to keep it concise. We are here to talk about getting innovation into the field and into the hands of fighters faster. It is a perennial topic. I was tempted to ask why we are still here talking about it but i dont want to get too wordy. It is safe to say the acceleration of innovation into the field is unacceptable to almost everyone except maybe china and russia so i, you guys know who the panel is. You can look at their bios to get more on where they are coming from but i just want to jump into it with you, heidi. I was going to redo something you testified about last year. As seen in ukraine, now all commercial technology paired with conventional weapons changed the nature of conflict. To default the department problem range from collaboration should be updated. To reflect the dynamic landscape of today and anticipate the needs of tomorrow. The nations private sector is the competitive advantage and we must focus on improving how the government and private sector work
Technology. This is about 35 minutes. Good morning. This is a quick turn, so we are going to try to keep it concise. We are here to talk about getting innovation into the field and into the hands of fighters faster. It is a perennial topic. I was tempted to ask why we are still here talking about it but i dont want to get too wordy. It is safe to say the acceleration of innovation into the field is unacceptable to almost everyone except maybe china and russia so i, you guys know who the panel is. You can look at their bios to get more on where they are coming from but i just want to jump into it with you, heidi. I was going to redo something you testified about last year. As seen in ukraine, now all commercial technology paired with conventional weapons changed the nature of conflict. To default the department problem range from collaboration should be updated. To reflect the dynamic landscape of today and anticipate the needs of tomorrow. The nations private sector is the competitive
Technology. This is about 35 minutes. Good morning. This is a quick turn, so we are going to try to keep it concise. We are here to talk about getting innovation into the field and into the hands of fighters faster. It is a perennial topic. I was tempted to ask why we are still here talking about it but i dont want to get too wordy. It is safe to say the acceleration of innovation into the field is unacceptable to almost everyone except maybe china and russia so i, you guys know who the panel is. You can look at their bios to get more on where they are coming from but i just want to jump into it with you, heidi. I was going to redo something you testified about last year. As seen in ukraine, now all commercial technology paired with conventional weapons changed the nature of conflict. To default the department problem range from collaboration should be updated. To reflect the dynamic landscape of today and anticipate the needs of tomorrow. The nations private sector is the competitive