{"id":2287621,"date":"2024-07-01T22:14:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T02:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jen-psaki-agrees-to-be-interviewed-about-afghanistan-withdrawal-operation-report-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T22:15:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T02:15:11","slug":"jen-psaki-agrees-to-be-interviewed-about-afghanistan-withdrawal-operation-report-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jen-psaki-agrees-to-be-interviewed-about-afghanistan-withdrawal-operation-report-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Jen Psaki agrees to be interviewed about Afghanistan withdrawal operation: Report &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fjen-psaki-agrees-to-be-interviewed-about-afghanistan-withdrawal-operation-report-washington-examiner%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=2287621&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--><p>The\u200b Washington \u200cExaminer reports that former White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-bidens-female-led-comms-is-a-first-trump-has-that-now\/\" title=\"Media Say Biden&#039;s Female-Led Comms Is A First. Trump Has That Now\">press secretary<\/a> Jen Psaki has agreed to \u200cbe \u200cinterviewed by the \u200dHouse Foreign\u200c Affairs Committee regarding the Biden administration&#8217;s withdrawal from Afghanistan. The interview will take place before Chairman Michael McCaul releases a report \u2064on the operation. Originally, the Trump administration set a deadline\u200d to pull troops out by May \u200c2021, but \u2064President Biden delayed it to September 11, 2021. The operation was \u200dexpedited in mid-August, leading to the \u200dTaliban taking \u2064control and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-blasts-lloyd-austin-for-not-disclosing-hospitalization-to-white-house-dereliction-of-duty\/\" title=\"Pence criticizes Austin for not informing White House about hospitalization: &#039;Neglecting responsibilities\">deadly\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-nashville-bomber-anthony-warner-perished-at-scene-dna-was-found-at-site-of-explosion-us-attorney-video\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Nashville Bomber Anthony Warner Perished at Scene, DNA Was Found at Site of Explosion: US Attorney (VIDEO)\">suicide bombing<\/a><\/a> at the airport. The\u200d committee is investigating if there were discrepancies between \u200cwhat was communicated to the public and \u200bwhat happened \u200bbehind the scenes. Psaki,\u2062 now an MSNBC \u2062host,\u2064 will be interviewed on July 26\u200b after multiple requests from the chairman.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\" \/><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Jen Psaki agrees to be interviewed about Afghanistan withdrawal operation: Report<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/keely-bastow\/\">Keely Bastow<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-01T22:03:57-04:00\">July 1, 2024 10:03 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1692690\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki has agreed to an interview with the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Biden administration\u2019s withdrawal from Afghanistan after almost a year of back and forth.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki, now an MSNBC host, has agreed to the sitdown sometime this month with the committee, according to a letter from her lawyers obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/07\/02\/scoop-jen-psaki-agrees-to-afghanistan-probe-interview?utm_source=newsletter&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiossneakpeek&#038;stream=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Axios<\/em><\/a>. The interview will happen before Chairman Michael McCaul\u00a0(R-TX) releases a report on the operation, which will be sometime before the election in November.<\/p>\n<p>Originally, the Trump administration set a deadline of May 2021 to pull all troops out of Afghanistan, but President Joe Biden delayed the deadline to Sept. 11, 2021. By mid-August, the operation was expedited and the Taliban took over control of the government. In Aug. 26, there was a suicide bombing at the Hamid Karzai International Airport, where people were being airlifted out of the country, that killed 13 American soldiers and 170 Afghan citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The Foreign Affairs Committee has been probing the details of the operation, including if there were differences between what was being said behind the scenes and what was being told to the public. As press secretary, Psaki was in charge of communicating what was happening inside the administration to the public. McCaul first asked for an interview in May, and she has now agreed, after multiple letters from the chairman, to come in for an interview July 26.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The White House had been a roadblock in giving Psaki permission to do the interview but last week said, \u201cWe will authorize Ms. Psaki to participate in a voluntary transcribed interview accompanied by personal counsel and the White House counsel\u2019s office subject to appropriate terms and conditions for the interview,\u201d according to <em>Axios<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> has reached out to the Foreign Affairs Committee, McCaul, and Psaki\u2019s lawyer, Emily Loeb.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1692690\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1692690\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Tags<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/afghanistan\/\">Afghanistan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house\/\">House<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-foreign-affairs\/\">House Foreign Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jen-psaki\/\">Jen Psaki<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michael-mccaul\/\">Michael McCaul<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki has agreed to be interviewed by the House Foreign Affairs Committee regarding the Biden administration&#8217;s withdrawal from Afghanistan. The interview will take place before Chairman Michael McCaul releases a report on the operation, which is expected before the November election. Psaki, now an MSNBC host, had initially been hesitant to participate in the interview, but has now agreed to do so on July 26. The committee has been investigating the details of the operation, including discrepancies between what was communicated behind the scenes and to the public. The White House had previously been a roadblock in allowing Psaki to participate in the interview, but has now given authorization for her to do so<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2970,"featured_media":2287622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP21337138888925.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33607,6234,33606],"class_list":["post-2287621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-afghanistan-withdrawal","tag-interview","tag-jen-psaki"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP21337138888925.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287621","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\/2970"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2287621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2287622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2287621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2287621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2287621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}