The House of Representatives is set to vote on Wednesday to formally censure President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and other officials over the 2021 US withdrawal. Afghanistan.
The resolutionIntroduced by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, he criticized the administration’s “chaotic, rapid” withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying it “deliberately refused to properly plan a non-combat evacuation operation and decided to rely on the Taliban to man the checkpoints.” “surrounding Kabul airport” led to an attack in 2021 at the airport’s Abbey Gate in the final days of the withdrawal.
It is also mentioned in the resolution Harris’ April 2021 comments told CNN that he played a central role in Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.
Separately, Committee on Foreign Relations on tuesday voted to advance the measure for Keep Blinken hating Congress After failing to comply with a subpoena to testify at hearings on US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Blinken was at the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York on Tuesday, the same day as the hearing, and reiterated his willingness to testify. disappointment McCaula in a letter earlier this week regarding the congressman’s decision to pursue the contempt resolution.
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller disputed the need for Blinken to testify again, saying in a statement earlier this month that the secretary has testified before Congress on the issue more than any other Cabinet member.
Former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies tried to blame Harris for pulling him out of Afghanistan after he entered the presidential race in July.
Senator JD VanceTrump’s running mate, R-Ohio, criticized Harris last month for his handling of the administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“Three years ago, 13 brave, innocent Americans died, and they died because Kamala Harris refused to do her job, and there was no investigation or one shot fired,” Vance said. “Sometimes mistakes happen – that’s the nature of government, that’s the nature of military service. But it is a shame that 13 Americans lost their lives and one person was fired. Kamala Harris is a disgrace.”
Family members of the soldiers killed in the Abbey Gate attack did not invite Biden and Harris to Arlington National Cemetery last month for remembrance A White House official and a Harris aide told NBC News on the third anniversary of the attack.