In a new report, Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee detailed alleged missteps and misleading claims from the State Department and the White House about the Afghanistan withdrawal and vowed investigations into the issue if the GOP regains the House in November. After 20 years of fighting the Taliban terrorist group in Afghanistan, President…
Biden Administration Ignored Military’s Advice During Afghanistan Withdrawal: GOP Report
August 15, 2022
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Hope for Women, Afghan Unity Fades as Taliban Hardliners Gain Control
Last August, Americans were glued to the news, watching the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and the rapid collapse of the Afghan government into Taliban hands. But within a few weeks, the news cycle moved on and Afghanistan fell off the radar for most causal observers. Obviously, forgetting is not an option for…
Blinken Orders State Department Reviews of Afghanistan Evacuation, Relocation Efforts
October 28, 2021
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Wednesday that he has ordered internal reviews of the U.S. evacuation and relocation efforts from Afghanistan. The United States withdrew from Afghanistan on Aug. 30, ending a two decade war that began in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. President Joe Biden refused to extend…
Lt. Col. Scheller Pleads Guilty, But Renews Calls for Accountability
Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller pleaded guilty Oct. 14 to charges related to his critical statements about how senior military officials handled the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, but he did not backpedal from his calls for accountability. Scheller’s punishment has yet to be finalized. U.S. Marine Corps Judge Glen Hines accepted his plea agreement and stipulation of…
Marine Lt. Col. Scheller Pleads Guilty, Renews Calls for Accountability
Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller pleaded guilty Oct. 14 to all charges against him at a special court-martial trial related to his criticisms about how senior military officials handled the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, although he didn’t backpedal from his calls for accountability. Scheller’s punishment has yet to be finalized. U.S. Marine Corps Judge Glen Hines accepted…
House GOP Members Demand Documents From Biden Administration Related to Afghanistan Exit
October 5, 2021
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The ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), is demanding answers from the Biden administration about the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal. McCaul rallied a group of GOP representatives to send a Resolution of Inquiry (ROI) to the White House, demanding that the administration, including the State Department, turn over all documents,…
NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Sept. 29)
YouTube is expanding its crackdown on videos that question the safety and efficacy of vaccines, Pentagon officials testify on the Afghanistan withdrawal before a House panel, and New York’s healthcare workers have to get vaccinated or they’ll lose their jobs.
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Milley Calls Afghanistan Withdrawal a ‘Strategic Failure’
The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the evacuation of Americans, Afghans, and allies out of Kabul following the Taliban takeover last month was a “logistical success but strategic failure,” the Pentagon’s top military officer told Congress on Tuesday. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley made the remarks during a Senate hearing by members…
Hopeful Signs from Afghanistan
Commentary It is not my purpose here to recount to readers as familiar with them as I am the cascade of bad decisions that shamed America in Afghanistan, led to the needless deaths of many people, strained the Western alliance, gravely jeopardized 20 years of social and economic progress in Afghanistan, and may have partially…
NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Sept. 13)
Congress questions Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the Afghanistan withdrawal, President Joe Biden visits the West Coast to speak with local officials about the wildfires and to survey wildfire damage, and a former Trump-appointed federal prosecutor joins Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial race.
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