Results for: Afghanistan debacle
WaPo’s Botched Hegseth Hit Job Proves the Pentagon Desperately Needs New Media
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The timing for this debacle couldn’t have been more poetic, as it serves as a stark backdrop for why the Pentagon’s updated press-credential … reliant on anonymous intelligence sources, claiming Russia had paid Taliban-linked militants bounties to kill American troops in Afghanistan…
Biden Admin Put on Blast After Trump Signs Afghanistan Proclamation on Abbey Gate Attack Anniversary
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America deserves answers as far as what happened in Afghanistan. … America deserves answers as far as what happened in Afghanistan," Hegseth said. … "The military needs to answer for what happened in Afghanistan.…
Hegseth, Trump Open Up About Operation Midnight Hammer Impact, Offer Behind-the-Scenes Glimpse
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It reversed what happened in Afghanistan. … You saw the debacle of what [former President Joe] Biden allowed to happen in Afghanistan, what that did to our image.""…
Sweden: A Cautionary Tale, and What's Being Left Out of the Discussion
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– posted online by gang leaders, offering bounties to anyone willing to carry out the hits.Yes, this is Sweden, not Gaza, not Afghanistan … Afghanistan? … But Scandinavia, the United Kingdom, France, Italy - they are being overrun, and their governments have facilitated the debacle.…
CNBC's Joe Kernen Just Levels Chris Coons Over Dem Calls for Pete Hegseth to Resign Over Signal Issue
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Chris Coons (D-DE) during a Friday segment where not only did he repeatedly have to press Coons for comment on the Afghanistan debacle … HXFS6afntc— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) March 26, 2025Let us also not forget that the lack of accountability over the deadly Afghanistan … central figure in the decision-making process, the "last person in the room" in her role as Joe Biden's second in command as the Afghanistan…
Karoline Leavitt Unloads on Media, Jeffrey Goldberg: ‘Not Going To Be Lectured On National Security’
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a blistering attack on left-wing "journalist" Jeffrey Goldberg and excoriating a media that remained silent after Joe Biden's Afghanistan … debacle, but now wants to see heads roll over a relatively mundane group chat.As readers are well aware by now, a Signal text group … debacle."…
Elissa Slotkin Gives Rebuttal to Trump's Joint Address Cementing Her Role As a Political Placeholder
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Slotkin is a fabulist who worked for the CIA and was part of the Iraq War debacle. … address that they had captured the top terrorist responsible for the murders of 13 U.S. servicemembers at Abbey Gate during the Afghanistan…
It's On: SecDef Pete Hegseth Taps Investigators for Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal
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it right,” he said.Getting it right is essential, not only to bring accountability to the people who planned and executed this debacle … happens again.In July 2021, the Biden administration launched a chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops and embassy officials from Afghanistan … Finding and dealing with the people responsible for the screw-up in the Afghanistan withdrawal is an important part of that.…
JD Vance Has Appropriate Reply After 'Journalist' Equates Milley's Portrait Removal to 'Erasing' History
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admitted to the communications during a tense September 2021 House Armed Services Committee hearing after Joe Biden's deadly Afghanistan … debacle but claimed in so many words that the comments were taken out of context.Fast forward to the present day, and between the…
The Biden Administration Quietly Spent $15 Mil to Distribute 'Contraceptives and Condoms' in Afghanistan
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The same Afghanistan where Biden botched the withdrawal of our troops, which caused the deaths of 13 servicemembers and left Americans … this one is beyond stupid: The Biden administration quietly awarded $15 million in taxpayer funds to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan … It transmitted the funds to Afghanistan in August, according to the funding notice and congressional sources familiar with the matter.It…
Sunday Shows, Jake Sullivan Try to Push Biden Afghanistan Withdrawal Win, Frmr. Speaker Gingrich Says Nay
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“And that is part of why we had to move our focus from a hot war in Afghanistan to a larger counterterrorism effort across the world … , and it swiftly disintegrated into a discussion on not only that debacle perpetrated by the current administration, but the border … Very prominent Afghan American who brokered Trump's deal with the Taliban to exit Afghanistan.…
'Ugly Chapter': Scott Jennings Nails Joe Biden's Disgraceful Political Legacy in Must-Watch Moment
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withdrawal debacle, which resulted in the death of 13 U.S. service members.On Sunday, Jennings made clear that he was not done assessing … He's going to be remembered largely for inflation and for the disastrous Afghanistan pullout. … He's going to be remembered largely for inflation and for the disastrous Afghanistan… pic.twitter.com/V8dvlGW6LT— Western Lensman (…
WATCH: Scott Jennings Drives CNN Panel to Fits As He Nukes Biden's Time in Office Into Next Week
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Jennings particularly excoriated him over the deaths Biden was responsible for during his debacle of a withdrawal from Afghanistan. … When he got asked about regrets, the fact that he didn't say, I regret that 13 American service members lost their lives in Afghanistan … "When he got asked about regrets, the fact that he didn't say, 'I regret that 13 American service members lost their lives in Afghanistan…
Shameless Biden Has Given $2.35 Billion to Ruthless Taliban in Aftermath of Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal
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Remember the heartbreaking stories, as shameless Joe Biden inexplicably withdrew all remaining U.S. forces from Afghanistan in the … The last US military planes left Afghanistan on August 30, 2021. … This is maddening beyond perception, yet Biden’s Big Lie about his “successful” Afghanistan withdrawal continues.…
Gold Star Parents Call for Biden, Others to Resign as Liberal Media Ignores Their Heartbreaking Testimony
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families who had lost their loved ones in the suicide bombing at the Abbey Gate at the Kabul airport during the withdrawal from Afghanistan … Incredibly, in the wake of the debacle, the National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, John Kirby, refused … Darin Taylor Hoover, Jr., tells Biden over the botched Afghanistan withdrawal:
"Do what our son did — be a grown ass man.…
Biden's Creepy Comments About Kids and Ice Cream, Plus a Ton of Malarkey on Inflation Reduction Act
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Biden, on the second anniversary of his botched Afghanistan withdrawal:"Name me a single objective we've ever set out to accomplish … RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 16, 2023 Two years ago on this date, Biden was just starting to publicly address the fall of Afghanistan … There was no recognition of the Afghanistan debacle in any official statements this week.…
Biden Had to Be Shamed Into Recognizing Troops Killed at Kabul Airport on Second Anniversary of Attack
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Saturday was the anniversary of the terrorist bombing at the Abbey Gate at the Hamid Karzai Airport in Kabul during the Afghanistan … Two years ago today, we tragically lost 13 brave servicemen and women in Afghanistan. I have directed the flags at the U.S. … They're a reminder of what a debacle he made of the withdrawal. That's disgusting.…
WATCH: Biden Gets Loudly Booed, Yelled at in Lake Tahoe
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We've seen that now, again and again, most notably when it came to Afghanistan where he refused to take any responsibility for the … debacle and how shamelessly he treated the Gold Star families. …
WATCH: Gold Star Moms Rip Into Joe Biden's Phoniness in ABC Interview
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speaks with three Gold Star family members of Marines who were killed in the Abbey Gate bombing during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan … He also talked about the Afghanistan debacle and Joe Biden's phoniness: [My son] will never have the chance to get married.…
More Disturbing Revelations on Kabul Bombing, Biden Admin Response on Not Taking out Suspect Is Shameful
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There were so many failures by Joe Biden during the debacle of a withdrawal from Afghanistan. … Marine Corps sniper, tells Congress that he was denied permission to shoot the suicide bomber in Afghanistan that killed 13 service … Unfortunately, this is emblematic of the Biden administration, in general, which caused this debacle and now doesn't want to answer…
Taliban Now Says They Want to Join in Hamas' Fight Against Israel
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Because the withdrawal from Afghanistan was such a debacle, there were all kinds of U.S. weapons left behind in Afghanistan after the … Reminder: There was reporting earlier this year that said US arms left in Afghanistan reached Gaza. https://t.co/pmi12fUYUk — Steve … US arms left in Afghanistan have been smuggled to the Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip, Sama News Agency reported on Friday.…
Biden Shows Full-on Cluelessness During '60 Minutes' Interview About Israel
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"Nothing we can't do" -- this from the guys who brought us the Afghanistan debacle, who can't even evacuate our people safely -- who…
Meanwhile, Shameless Biden Has Handed $2 Billion to Taliban Since Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal
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list of the disastrous effects on the United States caused by Joe Biden's precipitous 2021 withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Afghanistan … administration has sent roughly $2 billion in aid to the Taliban-controlled Afghan government in the aftermath of the withdrawal debacle … The United States is the single largest humanitarian donor in Afghanistan, providing nearly $2 billion in humanitarian assistance for…
Watch: Tucker Carlson Destroys 'Elites' and Liberal Media Over Fake Russia Bounty Story
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Vladimir Putin’s Russia was placing bounties on the heads of American soldiers in Afghanistan. The liberal media went crazy. … “Obviously there was no leaving Afghanistan, now.”
“Anyone who suggested leaving Afghanistan would be bowing to Vladimir Putin. … As a matter of principle, American troops had to stay in Afghanistan. And they did stay — they’re still there, today.”…
Move Over, Jeb! Get Ready for Chris Christie to Bounce Into the 2024 Presidential Campaign
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The prior Bush presidencies were hardly a roaring success, with the latter delivering us such gems as a 20-year war in Afghanistan … He threw a couple of his top aids under the bus on the “Bridgegate” debacle.…