Lights in here, because youre all going to be on tv. Cspan is taping tonight. Im kidding, youre not going to be on cspan, the speaker will be on cspan. When we get to the q a, they usually want to bring a mic down so they can record it. So if you have a question, just try to wait until they bring the mic to you so we dont have to repeat it. The speaker will repeat the questions so you can hear, but this is so they can hear it or however they work it. Our speaker tonight is david robarge, received a phd at columbia university. After teaching at columbia, banker david rockefeller, media studies at columbia, he joined the cia in 1989 and later became a political and leadership analyst on the middle east. Dr. Robarge moved to the cia history staff in 1996 and was appointed chief historian of the cia in 2005. Hes published several classified works as well as unclassified mono graphs on supersonic Reconnaissance Aircraft and intelligence the American Revolution and biography as director of C
Quotes a meeting of Foreign Affairs will come to order. Discuss how the biden administratiā i unconditionally handed over afghanistan to the taliban terrorist organization with his refusal to enforce the doha agreement. Todays hearing comes at a crucial moment in this committees investigation into the Biden Administration catastrophic withdrawal from afghanistan. Four months after President Biden announced a withdrawal the senior military advisors and its own Intelligence Community repeatedly issued dire warnings about the damage this would create. At the same time i a, along with other republica members of congress virgil President Biden shuffled the conditions of the doha agreement. Prepare for the eventual fallout of our withdrawal. He ignored us including his own state Department Personnel who issued a dissent cable in july warning of the dire situation on the ground. Instead the tr became imminent the white house and state Department Leadership stuck their heads in the center so
The ambassador negotiated the u. S. Taliban deal to withdraw forces from afghanistan and testified before the Foreign Affairs committee and says he holds the afghan leadership mostly responsible for the takeover of the country after the withdrawal. By the time President Trump left office in january of 2021 the number of u. S. Troops in afghanistan had been reduced to 2,500. President biden completed the withdrawal eight months later. This hearing is 2 1 2 hours. The committee on Foreign Affairs will come to order. The purpose is to discuss how the Biden Administration handed over afghanistan with refusal to address the doha agreement. It comes into the bidens catastrophic withdrawal from afghanistan. For months after President Biden discussed the withdrawal, his senior military advisers and own Intelligence Community repeatedly issued dire warnings about the damage this would create. At the same time, i along with other republican and Democrat Members of congress urged President Biden
The ambassador negotiated the u. S. Taliban deal to withdraw forces from afghanistan and testified before the Foreign Affairs committee and says he holds the afghan leadership mostly responsible for the takeover of the country after the withdrawal. By the time President Trump left office in january of 2021 the number of u. S. Troops in afghanistan had been reduced to 2,500. President biden completed the withdrawal eight months later. This hearing is 2 1 2 hours. The committee on Foreign Affairs will come to order. The purpose is to discuss how the Biden Administration handed over afghanistan with refusal to address the doha agreement. It comes into the bidens catastrophic withdrawal from afghanistan. For months after President Biden discussed the withdrawal, his senior military advisers and own Intelligence Community repeatedly issued dire warnings about the damage this would create. At the same time, i along with other republican and Democrat Members of congress urged President Biden
The ambassador negotiated the u. S. Taliban deal to withdraw forces from afghanistan and testified before the Foreign Affairs committee and says he holds the afghan leadership mostly responsible for the takeover of the country after the withdrawal. By the time President Trump left office in january of 2021 the number of u. S. Troops in afghanistan had been reduced to 2,500. President biden completed the withdrawal eight months later. This hearing is 2 1 2 hours. The committee on Foreign Affairs will come to order. The purpose is to discuss how the Biden Administration handed over afghanistan with refusal to address the doha agreement. It comes into the bidens catastrophic withdrawal from afghanistan. For months after President Biden discussed the withdrawal, his senior military advisers and own Intelligence Community repeatedly issued dire warnings about the damage this would create. At the same time, i along with other republican and Democrat Members of congress urged President Biden