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Pentagon press secretary John Kirby on Monday refused to give the specific number of Americans evacuated from Afghanistan.

Jay Collins, who was wounded multiple times in combat in Afghanistan, called the disastrous nature of Biden’s withdrawal “heartbreaking.”

A Central Command spokesman assured the military was taking “all necessary actions” to secure Americans’ safe movement to the airport.

The Pentagon contradicted President Joe Biden multiple times Friday, immediately after he delivered remarks on the bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan this week.

Zinke warned Friday that due to Biden’s ineptitude, the Afghanistan capital of Kabul is “in danger of becoming an American killing field.”

Austin appeared stumped after being asked if the U.S. is relying on “diplomacy with the Taliban” to allow people safe passage to the Kabul airport.

Pentagon leaders said the military does not have the capability to help the thousands of Americans stranded outside the Kabul airport.

The U.S. sent a notice to Americans trying to escape Afghanistan to go to the Kabul airport, but it could not guarantee their security there.

House Armed Services Committee Republicans fired off a letter to President Joe Biden asking him what his plan is for Afghanistan.

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby estimated between 5,000 and 10,000 Americans are stuck near Kabul after the rapid takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban, in an interview on CNN on Tuesday morning.

A distraught Afghan journalist demanded answers at a Pentagon briefing on Monday, amid a seemingly-bungled United States military drawdown.

McCarthy is calling for a congressional probe into the disaster unfolding in Afghanistan, which has left thousands of Americans stranded.

The State Department and Department of Defense said in a statement Sunday that there are “thousands” of Americans stranded in Afghanistan after the Taliban declared victory over the U.S.-backed government earlier in the day.

President Joe Biden on Sunday afternoon authorized another 1,000 American forces to deploy to Kabul to help with a massive evacuation effort of American civilians and employees, as well as Afghan allies, as the Taliban declared victory.

Inhofe leveled blame squarely on President Joe Biden for the disaster unfolding in Afghanistan as diplomats and Afghan officials fled Kabul.

The United States ambassador in Afghanistan has fled the U.S. Embassy in Kabul for the airport, according to multiple news reports.

Groups of military members and their families are fighting hard behind the scenes against a potential mandate for all service members to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to half a dozen individuals involved in the efforts who spoke to Breitbart News on the condition of anonymity.

The Pentagon announced Thursday it will deploy three infantry battalions, or roughly 3,000 troops, to assist with the reduction of American civilians at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, and the evacuation of Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants from the country.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) slammed fellow lawmakers pushing to keep American troops in Afghanistan in a new podcast episode “Firebrand with Matt Gaetz” to be released Thursday.

Outgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) claimed that the coronavirus came to New York “on planes from Europe,” instead of citing the virus’s widely-believed origin of Wuhan, China.

French was the first female Chicago police officer to be killed on the job since 1988 and the first killed since Lightfoot took office.

Austin will make coronavirus vaccines mandatory for all members of the military by mid-September, or “immediately” upon FDA approval.

Rashida Tlaib was caught maskless on a crowded dance floor at a wedding party where she danced and hugged guests.

Former Pentagon Chief of Staff Kash Patel is taking on the establishment media and Big Tech for defaming him and other defenders of former President Donald Trump with a new legal “offense” trust he recently launched.

It would be against the law if Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made coronavirus vaccines mandatory for American troops before they are approved by the FDA, Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Friday afternoon.

A new analysis by the Cook Political Report showed that President Joe Biden’s approval ratings have been dropping according to multiple polls out this week, due to his handling of Coronavirus and the economy and inflation.

Brooks said he believes the coronavirus was manmade and that the Chinese Communist Party-run government should be held liable.

Patel is launching a legal “offense” trust to fight back against Big Tech and the establishment media and to help others facing defamation.

A former senior Trump DOJ official who organized a threat of mass resignations after the 2020 election appeared to be a Never Trumper.

The Navy admiral in charge of naval personnel admitted that a step taken last year to increase racial diversity among leaders has backfired.

The preponderance of evidence shows the coronavirus leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, said a Republican congressional report.

Pelosi called for Cuomo to resign after James said an investigation showed he sexually harassed and inappropriately touched multiple women.

Republicans and progressives called upon Cuomo to resign on Tuesday, after the attorney general found he sexually harassed multiple women.

Blinken announced a new program to help resettle Afghan refugees in the U.S. as part of Biden’s plans to end U.S. military involvement there.

John Ratcliffe, former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) during the Trump administration, wrote in an op-ed Monday that the notion of the coronavirus escaping from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) is “very close to a certainty.”

The Biden Pentagon announced late Thursday it is now requiring that service members divulge whether they have been vaccinated or not.