Biden administration recently began discussing how to handle next month's anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan to avoid missteps that could add to President Biden’s political woes, administration officials say.
next month to avoid missteps that could add to President Joe Biden’s political woes, according to six administration officials.
The Afghanistan withdrawal, by contrast, was one of the darkest chapters of Biden’s presidency. It marked a turning point, seven months after Biden took office, that raised questions among Republicans and Democrats about the competence of his administration. Indeed, the White House expects, and has begun planning for, congressional investigations into the withdrawal if Republicans win the House or the Senate in November’s midterm elections, according to people familiar with the matter.
Two officials described the National Security Council’s goal as making sure no one in the administration does anything “stupid.” The chaos that followed the takeover on Aug. 15, with Americans and Afghans swarming the Kabul airport desperately trying to evacuate, are among the most searing images from the withdrawal. Other events that helped solidify the view among a majority of Americans that the withdrawal was far from a success include the bombing that killed 13 U.S. troops, the botched U.S. military airstrike on Aug. 29 that killed an Afghan aid worker and his family, and the departure of the last U.S. troops on Aug.
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