Blinken testifies on Afghanistan before House lawmakers angry about the war's chaotic end
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended the Biden administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan and the chaotic evacuation effort that marked the end of America's longest war in the face of blistering criticism from lawmakers.
The top US diplomat, the first member of the administration to publicly account for the events in Afghanistan before Congress, spoke before a virtual hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and defended the decision to leave the country as Republicans decried the withdrawal as a "debacle" and a "betrayal." Blinken suggested that extending the US presence would have made little difference and pointed out that the Trump administration left the incoming government little to work with apart from a deadline to withdraw by May.More Related News