Senator Repeatedly Grills Generals: Were Biden’s Statements on Afghanistan ‘False’?

Two of the nation’s top generals faced a grilling over statements from President Joe Biden about the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) confronted the generals about what he called Biden’s “false”…

Bradley CortrightSep 28, 20213 min read

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Sullivan continued, “The president also said if there’s an American citizen left behind in Afghanistan, the Military is going to stay until we get them out. Gen. Milley, did that statement turn out to be true or untrue by the president?”

“I think that was the intent, but we gave him a recommendation on the 25th of August to terminate the mission on the 31st of August,” Milley said.

The Alaska senator shot back, “Statement was untrue.”

He then asked about Biden’s claim that al-Qaeda was “gone from Afghanistan.” He was, “Was that true or not true?”

Milley responded by saying al-Qaeda had a presence in Afghanistan in mid-August and still does. However, he added that they have been “severely disrupted.” McKenzie also confirmed that the terrorist group still has a presence in the country.

Finally, Sullivan asked if Milley agrees with Biden’s statement that the evacuation from Afghanistan was an “extraordinary success.”

“I think one of the other senators said it very well, it was a logistical success but a strategic failure. And I think those are two different terms,” Milley said.