{"id":2021891,"date":"2023-09-05T05:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T09:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-sought-to-ease-diplomats-pain-over-afghanistan-withdrawal-with-therapy-dog-new-book-says\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T05:43:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T09:43:00","slug":"state-department-sought-to-ease-diplomats-pain-over-afghanistan-withdrawal-with-therapy-dog-new-book-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-sought-to-ease-diplomats-pain-over-afghanistan-withdrawal-with-therapy-dog-new-book-says\/","title":{"rendered":"New book reveals State Department&#8217;s effort to comfort diplomats during Afghanistan withdrawal with therapy dog."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstate-department-sought-to-ease-diplomats-pain-over-afghanistan-withdrawal-with-therapy-dog-new-book-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2021891&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>State Department Employees Distressed by Biden&#8217;s Afghanistan Withdrawal<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s botched 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan left State Department employees in a \u200cstate of distress. According to a new book by <em>Atlantic<\/em> reporter Frank Foer, the\u2062 deputy secretary of state, Wendy\u200c Sherman, found diplomats working on the evacuation in tears. To help ease their pain, the State \u200bDepartment brought in a therapy \u200cdog.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Afghanistan was a collective trauma \u200bfor the administration, especially the State Department,&#8221; writes Foer in his book <em>The Last Politician<\/em>. &#8220;To deal with the trauma, the State Department brought a \u200dtherapy dog into the building\u200c with the hope that \u2062it might ease\u2063 the staff&#8217;s\u200b pain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Foer reveals that the rush to \u2064evacuate U.S. forces from Afghanistan, resulting in 13 American deaths and the return of the Taliban to \u2064power, had a particularly\u200c strong impact on the State Department. Sherman\u200c discovered &#8220;grizzled diplomats in tears&#8221; \u200cwhen\u200c she checked on the team responsible for the evacuation.<\/p>\n<p>Upon \u2063returning to Washington, D.C., veteran\u2063 State Department employees \u200dfell into a deep depression as Afghanistan descended into chaos under Taliban control. The \u200ctherapy dog was brought in to uplift their spirits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even in the seat of American power, they\u2064 felt\u200d the \u200bshame and anger that comes with the inability to help,&#8221; writes Foer.<\/p>\n<h3>Support for State Department Employees<\/h3>\n<p>The State Department confirmed that therapy \u200bdogs were brought in to give employees a chance to take a break and relieve stress during the workday. Additionally, mental \u200chealth professionals were deployed \u2062across the Middle\u2063 East to provide employees with additional support for their mental health and trauma.<\/p>\n<h3>Investigations and\u200b Ignored Warnings<\/h3>\n<p>In the two years since Afghanistan fell, Congress has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alec-baldwin-thanks-supporters-in-christmas-video-dont-let-santa-claus-down-the-chimney-without-a-mask\/\" title=\"Alec Baldwin Thanks Supporters in Christmas Video: 'Don\u2019t Let Santa Claus Down the Chimney Without a Mask'\">conducting ongoing investigations<\/a> into the matter.\u2064 It has been\u200b revealed that the Biden administration\u2063 ignored the warnings of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deeply-concerning-white-house-speaks-out-as-military-coup-rocks-gabon\/\" title=\"White House alarmed by Gabon's military coup.\">senior military \u200dleaders<\/a> and proceeded with a rushed evacuation effort, which ultimately\u200d led\u200b to the terrorist attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport, resulting in the deaths of 13 American service members.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was very little intelligence to suggest \u200bthe \u2063Biden administration&#8217;s plan would work and a\u2063 mountain range \u2063of evidence to suggest\u200c the plan would fail,&#8221; testified retired Col.\u200d Seth Krummrich, former chief of staff for special operations at U.S. Central \u2063Command.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, \u200dU.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-sought-to-ease-diplomats-pain-over-afghanistan-withdrawal-with-therapy-dog-new-book-says\/\" title=\"New book reveals State Department's effort to comfort diplomats during Afghanistan withdrawal with therapy dog.\">military snipers stationed<\/a> at the\u2063 Afghanistan airport were denied permission\u2063 to \u200dshoot the terrorist bomber before \u2062the attack, as revealed by \u2063Sergeant Tyler Vargas-Andrews \u2063of the U.S. Marine Corps.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Plain and simple,\u200d we were ignored,&#8221; Vargas-Andrews stated. \u200d&#8221;Our expertise was disregarded. No one was held accountable for our \u200dsafety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Funding the Taliban<\/h3>\n<p>Since leaving \u200cAfghanistan under Taliban control, the Biden administration has provided over $2.35 \u2063billion in taxpayer aid\u200c to the country. This cash is potentially propping up the terrorist group&#8217;s government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u200c cannot assure \u200bthe\u2063 American taxpayer that\u200d we are\u200d not currently funding \u200bthe Taliban,&#8221; warned John Sopko, the special\u200c inspector general for Afghanistan \u200creconstruction, during \u2064his testimony\u200d to Congress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>for State Department employees. Wendy Sherman witnessed diplomats in tears during the chaotic evacuation. To provide solace, a therapy dog was brought in at Foggy Bottom. This revelation comes from a new book highlighting the distress caused by President Biden&#8217;s mishandled withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":2021892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2021891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}