{"id":828746,"date":"2021-09-29T18:14:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T22:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=828746"},"modified":"2021-09-29T18:14:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T22:14:29","slug":"top-military-officials-continue-to-contradict-bidens-claims-about-the-u-s-withdrawal-from-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-military-officials-continue-to-contradict-bidens-claims-about-the-u-s-withdrawal-from-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Top military officials continue to contradict Biden\u2019s claims about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan"},"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\">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%2Ftop-military-officials-continue-to-contradict-bidens-claims-about-the-u-s-withdrawal-from-afghanistan%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=828746&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_2534596\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2534596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 SEPTEMBER 29: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley testifies during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Ending the U.S. Military Mission in Afghanistan in the Rayburn House Office Building at the U.S. Capitol on September 29, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Rod Lamkey-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:44 PM PT \u2013 Wednesday, September 29, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Top military officials wrapped up the second day of testimony on Capitol Hill over Joe Biden\u2019s botched Afghanistan withdrawal. In Wednesday\u2019s House Armed Services Committee hearing, Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin continued to contradict Biden\u2019s public claims about pulling troops out of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Milley said he believed a small troop presence should have remained in Afghanistan a year before the withdrawal, which was a stance directly conveyed to the commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the fall of 2020, my analysis then was that an accelerated withdrawal without meeting specific and necessary conditions, risks losing the substantial gains made in Afghanistan, resulting in a complete Taliban takeover or general civil war,\u201d said Gen. Milley.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMattGaetz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepMattGaetz<\/a>: &#8220;You spent more time with Bob Woodward on this book than you spent analyzing the very likely prospect that the Afghanistan government was going to fall immediately to the Taliban. Didn&#8217;t you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gen. Milley: &#8220;Not even close, Congressman.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aCc9x3uH9T\">pic.twitter.com\/aCc9x3uH9T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1443252920779255808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On the contrary, Biden claimed he was never advised to leave a small troop presence in Afghanistan. Milley also called the war in Afghanistan a \u201cstrategic failure\u201d and warned that the Taliban, now in control of the country, remains a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/texas-border-counties-to-sue-biden-as-illegal-immigration-surges\/\">Texas Border Counties To Sue Biden As Illegal Immigration Surges<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 SEPTEMBER 29: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. 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