{"id":756283,"date":"2021-09-15T18:06:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T22:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=756283"},"modified":"2021-09-15T18:06:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T22:06:40","slug":"gop-senators-reveal-gen-miller-opposed-u-s-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-reveal-gen-miller-opposed-u-s-withdrawal\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP senators reveal Gen. Miller opposed U.S. withdrawal"},"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\">16<\/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-reveal-gen-miller-opposed-u-s-withdrawal%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=756283&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_2521048\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2521048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill September 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. Inhofe joined other Republican members of the Senate Armed Services Committee in discussing the current situation in Afghanistan. Also pictured are Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.). (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:54 PM PT \u2013 Wednesday, September 15, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Top Republican senators held a press conference to reveal what they learned from a closed door briefing with top officials. On Tuesday after the classified hearing, Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe (R) discussed Army General Austin Scott Miller\u2019s testimony about the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Inhofe went on to say, \u201cwe had quite an event with General Miller and he did say its alright to acknowledge that he opposed the effort that took place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inhofe communicated General Miller in fact expressed these concerns to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley and his direct supervisor and Commander of U.S. Central Command Marine General Kenneth McKenzie. However, those concerns did not get back to Joe Biden because when asked in an interview last month if he was ever advised to keep some troops in Afghanistan, he said he wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This briefing was just the start of what will be an open, exhaustive, transparent process to look at what went wrong in Afghanistan, who we should hold accountable &amp; what comes next. I&#8217;ve got a lot more questions for the Biden Administration \u2013 they better have a lot of answers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sen. Jim Inhofe (@JimInhofe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimInhofe\/status\/1438206681318674438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Inhofe acknowledged there were pieces that didn\u2019t align with Biden\u2019s orders on the withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe heard enough to know there are inconsistencies between what the administration has said and the truth,\u201d he expressed. \u201cClearly President Biden didn\u2019t listen to all the military advice. I\u2019m even more eager now to hear from Secretary Austin, General Milley and General McKenzie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) said his worries grew regarding the reliability of the country\u2019s leaders by questioning if these were people Americans could trust, especially after the miscommunication between Biden and top officials regarding a decision to send troops home.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan also said the hearings to come were more than necessary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are beginning that accountability process and these hearings are going to be important,\u201d he asserted. \u201cKeep an eye on one issue as we do these hearings, the military\u2019s credibility versus the Biden administration\u2019s credibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Back home in Alaska, the Biden administration&#8217;s botched <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Afghanistan<\/a> withdrawal was the number one issue raised by my constituents.<\/p>\n<p>My colleagues and I are beginning the accountability process, and the hearings planned for the next few weeks are going to be critically important. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FwY2ou0IGW\">pic.twitter.com\/FwY2ou0IGW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sen. Dan Sullivan (@SenDanSullivan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenDanSullivan\/status\/1438231100694876162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sullivan added members of the military would be called on as there was a desire to hear their opinions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018This was an extraordinary success al-Qaeda has been wiped out in Afghanistan. Our NATO allies were fine with the August 31 deadline. We have over the rise in capability to keep us safe,\u201d he listed. \u201cEveryone of those statements are not true and we are going to be asking our military members to weigh in on these statements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst (R) aimed to remind everyone Americans were still stuck in Afghanistan and added without U.S. troops on the ground, the fight would be difficult. However, she said it must continue until all U.S. citizens were evacuated.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/fda-staff-declines-to-take-a-stance-on-the-need-for-third-booster-shot\/\">FDA Staff Declines To Take A Stance On The Need For Third Booster Shot<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill September 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. 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