Protests erupt as House Republicans grill Secretary of State Antony Blinken on 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan
The House Foreign Affairs Committee heard testimony from Secretary of State Antony Blinken Wednesday as he defended the Biden administration decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan in 2021.
Blinken faces Republican critics of Afghanistan withdrawal
Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as an ending of the country's longest war that freed resources for other conflicts, in testimony in the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
Congress Critics Tell Blinken: Afghan Withdrawal 'Lit the World on Fire'
"The Committee is holding this hearing because the Department of State was central to the Afghanistan withdrawal and served as the senior authority during the August non-combatant
Blinken defends Afghanistan withdrawal at contentious House hearing
The secretary of state's testimony comes months after Republicans issued a scathing report on the Biden administration's handling of the exit from Afghanistan.
Blinken grilled in Congress on US withdrawal from Afghanistan
Congressional Republicans on Wednesday grilled Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan.Blinken stressed that the decision to withdraw from Afghanistan had been made during Trump's previous administration in an agreement with the Taliban.
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After anti-Israel protests roil NYU, its basketball game with Yeshiva University is closed to the general public
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