Mark Milley revealed during testimony he was given a piece of paper calling for the withdrawal of Afghanistan during the final days of the Trump administration.
Milley, who has since retired as a general in the Army, told lawmakers that he received the note days after Trump fired then-Secretary of Defensein the aftermath of the election. The piece of paper, he told lawmakers on the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday, had the president’s signature on it and called for the complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from Somalia by Dec. 15, 2020, and from Afghanistan by Jan. 15, 2021.
Retired Gen. Mark Milley, left, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and retired Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, right, former commander of the U.S. Central Command, prepare to speak to the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 19, 2024.
Military leaders, Milley included, recommended to President Joe Biden that the U.S. shouldn’t reduce its military footprint in Afghanistan below that threshold. that the State Department was too slow in initiating a noncombatant evacuation operation. The State Department did not initiate the evacuation until the day before the Taliban overtook Kabul, about two weeks before the military’s impending withdrawal.
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