Rep Carter Demands Biden Answer for His Actions
Washington, DC,
August 25, 2021
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Defense
(Washington, DC)- Representative John Carter (TX-31) joined members of both the House and the Senate in a letter demanding President Biden answer for the devastating consequences of the hasty withdrawal of the U.S. military from Afghanistan.
Representative John Carter (TX-31) joined members of both the House and the Senate in a letter demanding President Biden answer for the devastating consequences of the hasty withdrawal of the U.S. military from Afghanistan. “To say that the Biden Administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan has produced devastating consequences would be an understatement,” said Representative Carter. “The world has been forced to watch as the Taliban has assumed control over the country reinstating the oppression of women and girls, striking fear into the hearts of Afghan citizens, and causing total chaos. As the representative of Fort Hood and member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, I am actively working to ensure our national security remains a priority, every American is brought home safely, and President Biden answers for his failures.” Full text of the letter: Dear Mr. President, Over the past weeks, the world watched with utter shock as the Taliban took over Afghanistan with astonishing speed, the result of unforced errors made by withdrawing completely the small remaining footprint of our main military force from Afghanistan, and by unnecessarily delaying the evacuation of U.S. personnel and our Afghan partners. The situation in Afghanistan has rapidly metastasized into Taliban rule with reinstated oppression of women and girls, the repression of civil society, the displacement of countless Afghans from their homes who the Taliban then use force to prevent from fleeing Afghanistan, and a power vacuum that China seeks to fill by increasing its ties to the Taliban. The consequences of withdrawal from Afghanistan are not isolated to that country, or even to the Middle East region. The withdrawal carried geopolitical and strategic consequences that have already begun to unfold and will reverberate for decades. Dealing with these consequences means that we must take action now to chart the course for American strategy, while we manage the immediate repercussions of this self-inflicted crisis in Afghanistan. To this end, we write to ask you to outline what your plan is to move America forward. There remain several unanswered, urgent questions, and we would like to know the following:
With respect to any answers that may involve sensitive or classified information, we would welcome a briefing from your national security team. We look forward to your response. /s/ Representative Carter represents Texas’ 31st District which includes Fort Hood, the largest active duty armored military installation in the free world. He serves as Co-Chairman of the Congressional Army Caucus and Ranking Member of the Military Construction of Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Appropriations. ### |