Cotton demands to know where Blinken was during Afghanistan planning meeting
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Sen. Tom Cotton is calling on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to explain why he was not present at a meeting regarding the planning of the Afghanistan withdrawal in May.
Cotton said in a statement that he sent a letter to Blinken demanding answers on his whereabouts during the meeting.
"It has come to my attention that, on May 8, 2021, the Biden administration held an exercise for principals to rehearse the plan for withdrawal from Afghanistan," Cotton wrote "The exercise was reportedly attended by the top military leaders responsible for the Afghanistan withdrawal, along with White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, CIA Director William Burns, U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power, and Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield."