{"id":823985,"date":"2021-09-28T13:28:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T17:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=823985"},"modified":"2021-09-28T13:28:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T17:28:40","slug":"josh-hawley-grills-sec-austin-over-afghanistan-withdrawal-you-left-them-behind-joe-biden-left-them-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-hawley-grills-sec-austin-over-afghanistan-withdrawal-you-left-them-behind-joe-biden-left-them-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hawley Grills Sec. Austin Over Afghanistan Withdrawal: \u2018You Left Them Behind. Joe Biden Left Them Behind\u2019"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fjosh-hawley-grills-sec-austin-over-afghanistan-withdrawal-you-left-them-behind-joe-biden-left-them-behind%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=823985&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><\/div>\n<p>Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley grilled Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin during Tuesday\u2019s Senate hearing into President Joe Biden\u2019s withdrawal from Afghanistan with Austin, Gen. Mark Milley and Gen. Kenneth McKenzie.<\/p>\n<p>At the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Hawley slammed Austin for saying there are Americans still in Afghanistan but not specifically saying they were left behind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecretary Austin, I have to take issue with something you just said. I know this is an administration talking point, I heard it out of the mouth of the press secretary and others. We are not leaving Americans behind. That was your quote just a minute ago. With all due respect sir, you have left, past tense, Americans behind. We have no presence any longer in Afghanistan. There are hundreds of Americans, and not just Americans generally, civilians you left behind against the President\u2019s explicit commitment not to leave until all American citizens were out and to safety,\u201d Hawley said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is not what happened. And now we have people who are desperately, frantically, trying to get out of this country, coming to me, coming to members of this committee asking for help. They can\u2019t get that help. They\u2019re stuck behind enemy lines. So please don\u2019t tell me that we\u2019re not leaving Americans behind. You left them behind. Joe Biden left them behind and, frankly, it was a disgrace,\u201d Hawley added.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>WATCH:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.2105263157895\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cHundreds of Americans, not just Americans generally, civilians you left behind,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawleyMO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HawleyMO<\/a> is fed up with the Biden administration and military leaders lying. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MNYGADMP9p\">pic.twitter.com\/MNYGADMP9p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MRCTV (@mrctv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrctv\/status\/1442888114234552324?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe, the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Democratic Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed, the chairman of the committee, sent out a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.armed-services.senate.gov\/press-releases\/sasc-announces-upcoming-afghanistan-oversight-hearings-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a>&nbsp;with the dates of the hearings and released separate statements. The Daily Caller first&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/08\/senate-republicans-tommy-tuberville-hearings-afghanistan-sworn-testimony-lloyd-austin-mark-milley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> that a group of Senate Republicans sent a letter to Reed demanding that he hold hearings on Biden\u2019s withdrawal and asking for sworn testimony from Austin, Milley, McKenzie and Gen. Scott Miller. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/09\/senate-armed-services-committee-hold-open-hearings-testimony-lloyd-austin-mark-milley-kenneth-mckenzie-jack-reed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Senate Armed Services Committee To Hold Open Hearings With Secretary Austin, Gen. Milley And Gen. McKenzie)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The letter was signed by nine other Republicans. In it, they called on Reed to schedule the committee hearings so they can examine Biden and his administration\u2019s handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan after 13 U.S. service members were killed in a terror attack at the Kabul airport. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/08\/senate-republicans-tommy-tuberville-hearings-afghanistan-sworn-testimony-lloyd-austin-mark-milley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Senate Republicans Demand Hearings On Afghanistan, Sworn Testimony From Secretary Lloyd Austin, General Mark Milley)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A number of Republicans have called on the resignation of Biden and his senior military officials. The House Freedom Caucus held a press conference in late August&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/31\/house-freedom-caucus-calls-resignations-joe-biden-lloyd-austin-mark-milley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">calling for the resignations<\/a> of Biden, Austin and Milley. In the Senate, both Hawley and Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn have called on Biden to resign. Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/25\/lindsey-graham-afghanistan-impeach-biden-sean-hannity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called for Biden to be impeached<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley grilled Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin during Tuesday\u2019s Senate hearing into President Joe Biden\u2019s withdrawal from Afghanistan with Austin, Gen. Mark Milley and Gen. 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