{"id":752681,"date":"2021-09-14T19:06:07","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T23:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=752681"},"modified":"2021-09-14T19:06:13","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T23:06:13","slug":"gop-senators-grill-secy-of-state-blinken-over-bidens-afghan-fiasco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-grill-secy-of-state-blinken-over-bidens-afghan-fiasco\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP senators grill Secy. of State Blinken over Biden\u2019s Afghan fiasco"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fgop-senators-grill-secy-of-state-blinken-over-bidens-afghan-fiasco%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=752681&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 id=\"attachment_2519709\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2519709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Hearing to examine the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan on Capitol Hill on September. 14, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jabin Botsford \u2013 Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 4:03 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, September 14, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken scrambled to defend Joe Biden\u2019s failed Afghan withdrawal during a second day of his two day testimony on Capitol Hill. On Tuesday, Republican senators expressed concerns that the Taliban could pose a greater threat due to Biden\u2019s decision to abandon U.S. military equipment in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarlier in this hearing you said about that equipment, quote, \u2018none of it poses a strategic threat to us or their neighbors,&#8217;\u201d Sen. Ted Cruz stated (R-Texas). \u201cThat does not pass the laugh test.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just like Jimmy Carter owns the disaster of the Iran Hostage Crisis, Joe Biden and his administration own the disaster in Afghanistan. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tAELpQtVHB\">pic.twitter.com\/tAELpQtVHB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTedCruz\/status\/1437841034222911496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) raised an issue of civilian casualties of Joe Biden\u2019s recent airstrike in Kabul.<\/p>\n<p><em>Paul\u201d \u201cYou don\u2019t know if he\u2019s an aid worker or an ISIS-K operative?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Blinken: \u201cI can\u2019t speak to that and I can\u2019t speak to that in this setting in any event.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Paul: \u201cSo, you don\u2019t know or won\u2019t tell us?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Blinken: \u201cI don\u2019t know because we\u2019re reviewing it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Paul: \u201cWell, you\u2019d think you\u2019d kind of know before you off somebody with a predator drone, whether he\u2019s an aid worker or an ISIS-K.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>GOP senators also questioned Blinken about reports stating the State Department may have mishandled the evacuations of U.S. civilians from Kabul, which the secretary denied.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/rep-roy-speaks-out-on-importance-of-second-amendment\/\">Rep. 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