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September 13, 2021

Blinken slammed for testifying virtually: 'Couldn't be bothered to come down here'

Perry blasted Blinken for not being at the hearing over the botched troop withdrawal that saw thirteen American service members die in a suicide bombing in Kabul.

September 13, 2021

Multiple GOP congressmen tell Blinken to resign during heated Afghanistan hearing

Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., told Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday that he should resign over his handling of the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan.

September 13, 2021

Blinken acknowledges Americans still stranded in Afghanistan 2 weeks after withdrawal

Roughly 100 American citizens who want to leave Afghanistan remain in the country as of the end of last week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during congressional testimony Monday.

September 13, 2021

Blinken hearing: Democrats rush to defend Biden's deadly Afghanistan withdrawal

Democrats on Monday emphatically defended President Biden’s hasty military withdrawal from Afghanistan during a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in which Secretary of State Antony Blinken was grilled over the administration’s handling of the exit.

September 13, 2021

Blinken to face grilling from Congress on Afghanistan withdrawal

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will appear before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Monday afternoon, and is sure to face grilling over the evacuation from Afghanistan following the U.S. military withdrawal.

September 10, 2021

White House says it's simply 'up to Americans' to choose to flee Afghanistan, despite many hiding from Taliban

Despite reports that Americans and Afghan allies are being blocked by the Taliban, the White House is saying it is merely "up to Americans" to choose to take the government's options to evacuate.

September 10, 2021

State Dept denies Taliban claim that US blacklist of new leadership violates Doha Agreement

The Taliban on Thursday accused the U.S. of violating the peace deal reached under the Trump administration for keeping members of its recently announced interim government on the U.S. most-wanted list.

September 9, 2021

White House 'more worried Taliban cabinet is full of men than full of terrorists': Tom Cotton

Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton said Thursday on "The Story" it is clear President Biden is more concerned with the gender makeup of the new Afghan leadership than it is of the government being full of terrorists.

September 9, 2021

Grounded flights in northern Afghanistan have ‘nothing to do’ with ‘inaction’ by US government: State Dept.

The State Department on Thursday said the grounded flights in Afghanistan have "nothing to do with any inaction or action by the part of the United States government" as thousands remain stranded across the Taliban-controlled nation. 

September 9, 2021

Biden officials praised Bergdahl prisoner swap that released terrorists now in Taliban cabinet

Top officials now residing in the Biden administration once praised the 2014 exchange of five Taliban members for Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl as a swap "absolutely" worth it.