House Republicans on Monday released a scathing report on the Biden administration’s shambolic withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, lobbing new criticism at Democrats weeks before a hotly contested presidential election.
The 353-page report, the result of a yearslong probe by Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, lays the blame for the chaotic events squarely at the feet of Biden administration officials, including national security adviser Jake Sullivan, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden himself.
“This was a catastrophic failure of epic proportions,” House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said at a press conference on Monday. “Some say Saigon was the worst. I say this was.”
