Condemns President Biden’s failure to heed the advice of military and intelligence advisors about the speed and nature of the Taliban offensive, leading to a disorganized, chaotic, and abrupt evacuation of United States personnel and Afghan allies.

H. Res. 607 · 117th Congress · Aug 24, 2021 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the House of Representatives—

(1)

condemns President Biden’s failure to heed the advice of military and intelligence advisors about the speed and nature of the Taliban offensive, leading to a disorganized, chaotic, and abrupt evacuation of United States personnel and Afghan allies;

(2)

condemns President Biden’s inability to present a coherent plan to prevent a Taliban takeover or prepare for the long-term counterterrorism effects of a withdrawal, to effectively plan for the evacuation of United States citizens, or to adequately respond to concerns from Congress about the need to rapidly take steps to evacuate our Afghan allies following his announcement of full United States troop withdrawal;

(3)

condemns the damage done to United States credibility, partnerships, and national security by the President’s abandonment of our Afghan allies, failure to consult with our NATO partners, and creation of a vacuum for terrorist networks and other United States adversaries to thrive in;

(4)

calls on the President to conduct a multi-agency accounting of United States military equipment and other resources left behind in Afghanistan, now in the hands of the Taliban or other groups, and immediately present a clear plan to Congress of how he intends to fill the intelligence gaps created by this chaotic withdrawal; and

(5)

calls on the President to commit to maintaining the evacuation operation as long as necessary to safely evacuate any United States citizen, lawful permanent resident, and Afghan partner that requests evacuation assistance and to utilize all United States military resources to ensure access to Hamid Karzai International Airport remains open and unobstructed.

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Aug 24, 2021viewing Introduced in House Mr. Waltz (for himself, Mr. McCarthy, Mr. Scalise, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Carl, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Steube, Mr. Keller, Mr. Hagedorn, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Mast, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Buck, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Hern, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Gonzalez of Ohio, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Cawthorn, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Palazzo, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mrs. McClain, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Banks, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Calvert, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Guthrie, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Long, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Murphy of North Carolina, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Bost, Mr. Mooney, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Latta, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Crawford, Mr. LaTurner, Mr. Issa, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Babin, Mr. Mann, Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Jacobs of New York, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Hill, Mr. Moolenaar, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Pence, Mr. Gallagher, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Emmer, Mr. Smucker, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Norman, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, Mr. Budd, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Bilirakis, Mrs. Spartz, Mr. Allen, Mr. Posey, Mr. Cline, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Comer, Mr. Bentz, Mr. Estes, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Guest, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Meijer, Mr. Stewart, Ms. Mace, Mr. Amodei, Ms. Van Duyne, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Upton, Mrs. Bice of Oklahoma, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Steil, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Cole, Mrs. Kim of California, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Brady, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Barr, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Katko, Ms. Cheney, and Mr. Weber of Texas) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

Condemns President Biden’s failure to heed the advice of military and intelligence advisors about the speed and nature of the Taliban offensive, leading to a disorganized, chaotic, and abrupt evacuation of United States personnel and Afghan allies.

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