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September 4, 2021

Tucker Carlson: Our military has been lying to us for 20 years

Tucker Carlson highlights the military establishment's claim that "progress" was being made in Afghanistan over the past 20 years before the nation quickly fell to the Taliban.

September 3, 2021

Blinken blames Trump admin SIV backlog for failure to get Afghan allies out of the country

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said the “backlog” of Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) that accumulated under the Trump administration is the reason why Afghan allies remain in the now-Taliban-controlled nation.

September 1, 2021

More than 70 State Department officials pen letter to Blinken flagging 'antisemitic' employee

More than 70 State Department officials sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken about "an openly antisemitic department employee" and calling for him to be removed.

August 31, 2021

3-year-old child among Americans left behind in Afghanistan: report

ABC 7 San Francisco reported that there is a three-year-old child among the Americans left behind in Afghanistan.

August 31, 2021

Tucker Carlson: Contrition is essential to fixing problems, our leaders don't have it

Tucker Carlson highlights the lack of accountability within the Biden administration and military leadership for leaving Americans in Afghanistan.

August 30, 2021

Wounded Marine rips Blinken, Gen. McKenzie on Taliban praise: 'How dare you do that'

Retired Marine Corps bomb technician Johnny Joey Jones responded Monday to comments by both Secretary of State Antony Blinken and CENTCOM Commander Gen. Kenneth "Frank" McKenzie, who discussed the evacuation of the last U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

August 30, 2021

Blinken knocked for avoiding questions after Afghan withdrawal speech: Must be heading 'back to the Hamptons'

Secretary of State Antony Blinken was criticized on Monday for not taking questions from reporters following his speech commemorating the military withdrawal from Afghanistan.

August 30, 2021

Blinken pledges support to Americans left in Afghanistan after withdrawal: 'We will help them leave'

Secretary of State Tony Blinken pledged ongoing support to what he described as the “small number of Americans” still in Afghanistan after the last U.S. troops departed the country on Monday.

August 30, 2021

Biden breaks promise to 'stay' in Afghanistan until every American evacuated

President Biden appears to have broken his promise to stay in Afghanistan until every American is evacuated after Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. announced Monday evening that the last of the U.S. troops stationed at the Kabul airport had left, completing the military’s drawdown in the country even though hundreds of Americans likely remain.

August 30, 2021

Sen Johnson investigating report of Americans being turned away from Kabul airport, told ‘rescue is over’

Johnson sent a letter on Friday to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin regarding "troubling" news reports that "contradict the Biden administration’s narrative" on their botched troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.