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GOP Targets Afghanistan Withdrawal in 2024 Election Strategy

House Republicans release a critical report and schedule a ceremony honoring fallen troops as election politics intensify.

  • The GOP has released a report criticizing the Biden administration's handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal, calling it a strategic failure.
  • House Speaker Mike Johnson will host a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for the 13 U.S. service members killed during the Kabul airport bombing.
  • The White House has dismissed the GOP-led report as partisan and lacking new information, attributing the withdrawal's chaos to the prior Trump administration's deal with the Taliban.
  • Secretary of State Antony Blinken faces a subpoena from the House Foreign Affairs Committee to testify about the withdrawal.
  • Both parties are using the chaotic withdrawal as a key issue in the upcoming presidential election, with Trump and Harris trading accusations.
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