Kristina Wong - Page 43

The Army announced its plan to implement a mandatory coronavirus vaccine for soldiers, which was ordered by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Rep Brian Mast excoriated Blinken, telling him that families of the killed 13 service members deserve real answers over what happened.

Blinken on Monday during a House hearing claimed that the Trump administration did not leave them a plan for withdrawing from Afghanistan.

Blinken testifies on the botched Afghanistan withdrawal on Monday at 2 p.m. ET in front of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Hartzler called for a commission on the botched Afghanistan withdrawal that led to the death of 13 American service members.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday expressed concern over the interim Taliban government, calling it not inclusive enough.

Hartzler asked for the House to scrap the partisan investigation on January 6 and investigate the botched Afghanistan withdrawal instead.

House Democrats defended the teaching of critical race theory in the military during a markup of the massive defense policy bill.

The Pineapple Express is moving to the next phase of their operations — getting out hundreds of Americans left behind in Afghanistan.

Trump announced his endorsement of Green Beret veteran and Gold Star husband Joe Kent, who is running on an America First platform.

The Pentagon said it is possible that the military will coordinate with the Taliban on future airstrikes against the Islamic State in Afghanistan.

Banks will introduce an amendment on Wednesday to ban the military from promoting ideas affiliated with Critical Race Theory.

A leaked transcript and audio recording of a call between President Joe Biden and then-Afghan President Ashraf Ghani two weeks before Kabul fell showed that as the Afghan president warned of a Taliban “invasion,” Biden pressed him to change the “perception.”

Former President Donald Trump, nearly four years ago, warned against the exact consequences of a hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller on Tuesday announced that he has submitted his resignation from the Marine Corps.

SPCAI hit the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for being a “terrible impediment” to efforts to evacuate dogs from the Kabul airport.

The Pentagon announced the completion of the evacuation mission in Afghanistan, the end of the U.S. military presence after nearly 20 years.

The Pentagon said Monday that about 5,400 Americans were evacuated from Afghanistan out of more than 122,000 evacuees, as it wraps up its evacuation mission by the end of the month.

The Pentagon on Monday said it was “continuing to assess” whether it killed Afghan civilians in a drone strike on Sunday.

Scheller on Sunday announced in a video that he was resigning his commission as a lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps.

Scheller was fired speaking out against his command, while Vindman was protected and celebrated by Democrats for doing the same thing.

Members of Congress said Saturday evening that the Biden administration was not allowing Americans into the Kabul airport.

Zinke said Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal now puts the hundreds of special operations forces around the world at risk.

The Pentagon on Saturday morning announced the names of the 13 American servicemembers killed in the August 26 Kabul airport attack.

The Pentagon said as of August 14, about 117,000 people have been evacuated from Kabul, including 5,400 Americans.

Central Command announced late Friday the U.S. had conducted an “over-the-horizon” counterterrorism strike against an ISIS planner in Afghanistan.

The Pentagon said it expected more terrorist attack attempts at the Kabul airport, where there are more than 5,000 American troops stationed.

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby confirmed Friday that “thousands” of Islamic State prisoners were freed after the United States handed over bases to the Afghan government.

The General said he did not know if the Taliban let the bombers through to the Kabul airport and conduct attacks that killed U.S. service members.

Pelosi by Thursday 2:15 p.m. ET had not yet made any statements about Americans killed in Afghanistan, but tweeted about unrelated topics.

Kirby confirmed Thursday that “a number” of U.S. service members were killed by at least two bomb attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Three Marines were “seriously wounded” in one of the bombings Thursday morning in Afghanistan at  the Kabul airport, according to a report.

Kirby confirmed an explosion outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, where there are U.S. troops manning the perimeter.

Top Republicans announced in a letter to Biden on Wednesday that they plan to investigate his withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday issued a memorandum directing the military services to begin full vaccination of all service members following FDA approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Monday.

The U.S. military is continuing to draw down its forces from Afghanistan ahead of the August 31 deadline, according to defense officials.