Austin, Milley, and McKenzie face the music in two days of hearings on Biden’s flawed Afghanistan withdrawal

Published September 28, 2021 11:19am ET



MUST-SEE TV: The Senate Armed Services Committee will be the stage this morning for what is expected to be vigorous, if not at times hostile, cross-examination of the Biden administration’s top military leaders over the chaotic 17-day evacuation from Afghanistan and the plans for future counterterrorism operations with no U.S. troops on the ground.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, and U.S. Central Commander Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie will all appear before the Senate committee at 9:30 a.m. and then will be back tomorrow for an encore performance before the House Armed Services Committee.

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