US Lawmakers Walk Out Of Classified Afghanistan Briefing: Report
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The report said the US lawmakers were frustrated after officials failed to answer their basic questions during the briefing for members on Afghanistan.
Multiple US Republican and Democratic lawmakers angrily stormed out of a classified briefing with members of the US President Joe Biden administration on Afghanistan on Wednesday morning after their questions went unanswered.
Citing sources, CNN reported that lawmakers were frustrated after State Department, Pentagon, Department of Homeland Security, and Office of the Director of National Security officials failed to answer their basic questions during the briefing for members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
US State Department officials -- both privately and publicly -- continue to say that about 100 Americans are still in Afghanistan who want to get out of the war-torn country after the Taliban takeover.
Some lawmakers have told CNN they do not understand that accounting, given the department has said that they evacuated more than 75 Americans from Afghanistan through evacuation efforts in the last few weeks. State Department officials have said that the dynamic situation on the ground is the reason they cannot give a more precise figure.
