About two dozen State Department officials at the U.S. embassy in Kabul warned last month in a confidential memo of the city's potential collapse soon after the Aug. 31 U.S. troop withdrawal deadline, people familiar with the matter say https://t.co/ngUam3H5Ue
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) August 19, 2021
. @SecBlinken was warned but chose not to act. https://t.co/mDqxGA4crt
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) August 19, 2021
🚨NEW, thread: my colleague @RichEdsonDC confirms WSJ reporting, that about two dozen State Dept officials in Kabul sent a memo to Blinken, other top officials July 13th, warning of potential Kabul collapse soon after withdrawal deadline, offering recs on mitigation & speedy evac
— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) August 19, 2021
Resign, Blinken.President Biden said to ABC in his ONLY q&a since the Taliban took the country, "The intelligence community did not say back in June or July that this is gonna collapse like it did."
— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) August 19, 2021
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