by Shawn Meehan | Aug 17, 2021 | News
A Democratic senator compared the scene in Kabul as the U.S. rushed to evacuate embassy personnel and Afghan allies to the fall of Saigon in 1975 on Monday. “Sad. My father was our next-to-last ambassador in Saigon, and our ambassador when ‘peace deal’ was negotiated...
by Shawn Meehan | Aug 17, 2021 | News
An ex-advisor for the Obama administration called on President Joe Biden to fire his national security advisor in an opinion piece for USA Today on Monday. “The disaster that unfolded in Afghanistan is illustrative of other major issues at the White House,” Brett...
by Shawn Meehan | Aug 17, 2021 | News
The Department of Defense evaded a question about whether it is acting to prevent the Taliban from obtaining U.S. weapons in Afghanistan. A top U.S. military official said he doesn’t “have information” about an effort to seize military equipment the U.S. gave to the...