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Retired generals defend Harris, blame Trump on Afghanistan withdrawal: report

A group of retired generals is moving to defend Vice President Kamala Harris from criticism over the Biden-Harris administration’s handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan this week. The group of 10 former generals and admirals includes Admiral Steve Abbot, a former advisor to George W. Bush; Gen. Lloyd W. Newton, and Gen. Larry R....

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White House pushes back against scathing report on Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan

The White House pushed back on a report released Sunday by Republican lawmakers criticizing President Biden’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, calling the report partisan and offering “little or nothing new.” Texas Rep. Mike McCaul, the Republican chair of the committee, released a GOP-led report disputing Biden’s claims that his hands were tied to...

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House GOP releases scathing report on Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan

Texas Rep. Mike McCaul, the Republican chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released a scathing report that took a fine-toothed comb to the military’s botched 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal and highlighted areas of serious mismanagement. The Republican-led report opens by harkening back to President Joe Biden’s urgency to withdraw from the Vietnam War as a...

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'Reject tyranny': Nancy Mace bill would force Biden to declare Taliban a terrorist organization

FIRST ON FOX – Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., has introduced a bill that would force the Biden administration to designate the Taliban as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO). “Freedom and justice demand we reject tyranny and oppression in all forms. Our bill ensures America never recognizes the Taliban’s terror-driven regime,” Mace told Fox News Digital....

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Biden-Harris can’t lead and it emboldens our enemies

President Joe Biden, fresh off an 18-day vacation, says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not done enough to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. He appears to blameNetanyahufor the cold-blooded execution of six hostages, including a U.S. citizen, as much as the Hamas thugs who pulled the trigger. That figures....

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House committee subpoenas Blinken over deadly Afghanistan withdrawal

House lawmakers subpoenaed Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday over his alleged refusal to testify about the Biden administration’s deadly 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan. The House Foreign Affairs Committee said Blinken must appear before the committee on Sept. 19 or face contempt charges, the committee said in a letter written by Republican Chairman Michael...

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Top general in fight against the Taliban says Afghanistan has once again become a ‘crucible of terrorism’

Friday marked the third anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the end of the first U.S. campaign in what has been dubbed the Global War on Terror. But the conclusion to the 20-year-long war, which saw the death of more than 6,200 American soldiers and contractors, over 1,100 allied troops, 70,000 Afghan military...

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NBC's Kristen Welker incorrectly claims Harris was at dignified transfer commemoration for 13 service members

NBC’s Kristen Welker “incorrectly implied” that Vice President Kamala Harris was in attendance at the dignified transfer of U.S. troops killed during the Afghanistan withdrawal. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday and criticized President Biden and Harris for ignoring the families of the fallen soldiers. “Joe Biden and Kamala Harris...

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Trump supporters, Gold Star families flood Harris' X account after Arlington attack: admin 'killed my son'

The Trump campaign, the 45th president and Gold Star families launched a scathing defense attack against Vice President Kamala Harris over Labor Day weekend, after the Democratic nominee claimed that Trump had “disrespected sacred ground” at Arlington National Cemetery. “You should be ashamed and embarrassed [about] your lack of empathy and decency as a human...

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Graham urges Biden, Israel to take on Iran after hostages killed, calls Harris foreign policy 'wrecking ball'

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. urged President Biden and Israel to take action against Iran after six more hostages were killed, calling Vice President Harris a “wrecking ball on foreign policy.” Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” Graham reacted to the news that Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin was among the six hostages whom the Israel Defense Forces reported...