President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke briefly on Wednesday about plans to go ahead with an investigation into former President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in August of 2021.
The topic was raised by a reporter at Wednesday’s cabinet meeting, who asked whether any of the leadership involved in planning that withdrawal had been relieved of duty or fired yet.
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. @SecDef “We’re doing a complete review of every single aspect of what happened in the botched withdrawal in Afghanistan and plan to have FULL ACCOUNTABILITY!” pic.twitter.com/HUkLRKqs6r
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“Have all the generals and command staff that were involved with the withdrawal fired or relieved of duty?” the reporter asked.
“Well, that’s a great idea,” Trump said, prompting laughs, before he deferred to Secretary…
