Two retired U.S. generals testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday as part of an investigation into the Biden administration’s chaotic 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, as well as its consequences. To find out more, NTD spoke with William Ruger, a former nominee for the post of U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and the president […]
Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) harshly criticized the Biden administration’s handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Tuesday. He expressed his disappointment to retired U.S. Generals Mark Milley and Kenneth McKenzie over the lack of accountability for the withdrawal’s failure as the former military leaders testified at Tuesday’s hearing. A […]
Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) questioned the retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark A. Milley, and the retired Commander of U.S. Central Command, Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., on Tuesday. Speaking at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing featuring the military leaders’ testimonies on the subject, Ms. Wagner asked about the speed […]
The House deposed two retired generals on the Biden administration’s Afghanistan withdrawal. President Joe Biden is courting Latino voters as former President Donald Trump is raging over a gigantic bond, as voters cast their ballots in five states Tuesday. Officials finally reached a deal to fund the government halfway into the fiscal year. Former White […]
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas) has scheduled a hearing to consider a resolution holding U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress for not turning over documents detailing the August 2021 military withdrawal and civilian evacuation from Afghanistan. For months, Mr. McCaul has been seeking a variety of State Department […]
A Project Sentinel panel discusses the failures in Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. Panelists: Project Sentinel President LTC Tony Shaffer Project Sentinel Chairman Navy Capt. Pete O’Brien Project Sentinel Distinguished Fellow LTC (British Army) Tim Wilson Project Sentinel Senior Fellow Jay Homnick Moderator: Chris Cordani
Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee issued a subpoena on Tuesday, seeking to legally compel the Department of Homeland Security to turn over documents explaining how its personnel screened evacuees during the Biden administration’s military withdrawal and civilian evacuation from Afghanistan in 2021. House Republicans have pursued the DHS records for months while raising […]
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mike McCaul (R-Texas) has called for nine current and former U.S. diplomats to testify about their role in the chaotic U.S. withdrawal efforts from Afghanistan two years ago. In a series of letters coinciding with the two-year anniversary of the last U.S. soldiers boarding a transport plane out of Afghanistan, […]
Nearly two years ago, an ISIS suicide bomber detonated an explosive outside the Abbey Gate at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, wounding dozens and killing dozens more, including 13 U.S. service members. Now, a congressional investigator working for the Republican House majority believes key actions taken by President Joe Biden’s administration set […]
Some two years after the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, lawmakers are investigating what went wrong. Military officials testified before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing titled “A Failure to Plan” on July 27 about what they witnessed. NTD’s Arian Pasdar has highlights from the hearing.
No indictment was made against former President Donald Trump Thursday. Mr. Trump said his lawyers met with prosecutors, but no charges were brought in connection to an investigation related to Jan. 6. Is the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launching a drug war on Americans? The Drug Enforcement Administration lays out how the CCP works with two […]
Former President Donald Trump would have kept at least a couple thousand U.S. troops in Afghanistan despite his 2020 peace agreement with the Taliban, according to former Vice President Mike Pence. In February 2020, the Trump Administration reached a deal (pdf) with the Taliban to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan within 14 months, so […]
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is issuing a new subpoena related to Trump’s indictment. He’s asking for an appearance from a former Manhattan prosecutor who pushed to indict Trump and who also wrote a book titled “People vs. Donald Trump.” What is the GOP looking for as they probe this unprecedented legal case against […]
Throughout the 20-year U.S. military mission in Afghanistan, the United States provided nearly $90 billion to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), including $18.6 billion to arm and equip the western-backed Afghan government. A new report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) found that a significant amount of that equipment […]
Queen Elizabeth II died Thursday, sending shock waves through the UK and the world. Her oldest son has taken the throne. The House GOP is vowing to change Washington’s approach to China. What do Republicans say about taking back the majority and countering the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)? To assess how a Republican-led Congress would […]
Former President Donald Trump says the FBI seized his three passports during the Mar-a-Lago raid. Meanwhile, the White House says the raid wasn’t political. Congressman Greg Steube weighs in on the latest coming from the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago. He also reflects on the Afghanistan withdrawal, one year after 13 Marines were killed in Kabul. […]
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 […]
YouTube is expanding its clampdown 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 health care workers have to get vaccinated or they’ll lose their jobs.
U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller was imprisoned on Sept. 27 after violating a USMC gag order with a Facebook post over the weekend. “It is with a heavy heart that we, his parents, are informing you that our son, Lt. Col Stuart Scheller, has been incarcerated by the USMC this morning, September […]
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 […]
