Mark Milley was one of the top officials responsible for overseeing the 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley holds a press briefing with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon on Thursday, May 25, 2023 in Washington. A retired military leader formerly responsible for overseeing the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan admitted Tuesday he does not know the number of Americans who were left behind in the process.in a testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
"I'll be candid — I don't know the exact number of Americans that were left behind because the starting number was never clear,” he said. Milley also revealed he lacked information on the number of Afghans who served with U.S. forces. Some of these individuals, he believed, were killed “in some pretty brutal ways.”Watchdog organization files complaint over Biden Joint Chiefs nomineeRep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., said the hearing shows the Biden administration needs to be held accountable for its actions.. “For 2.
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