Top takeaways from marathon Senate hearing on Afghanistan failures

Published September 29, 2021 11:26am ET



BIDEN ACCUSED OF LYING: In Senate testimony yesterday, Army Gen. Mark Milley and Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, chairman of the Joint Chiefs and head of the U.S. Central Command, respectively, confirmed what everyone in Washington pretty much already knew. Senior U.S. military leaders opposed the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and advised President Joe Biden that going ahead with the Trump plan posed significant risk of Afghanistan once again becoming a terrorist haven.

Republicans pounced on the testimony as evidence that Biden lied in an Aug. 18 interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. Here’s the full exchange:

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