Retired commander who oversaw Afghanistan withdrawal says he alone bears responsibility for Abbey Gate attack

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Retired commander who oversaw Afghanistan withdrawal says he alone bears responsibility for Abbey Gate attack
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The former U.S. commander who oversaw the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan said Tuesday that he alone bears responsibility for the American soldiers killed during the attack at Kabul's airport. 'I was the overall commander and I and I alone bear full military responsibility for what happened at Abbey Gate,' said former Retired Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., who served as commander of U.S. Central Command from 2019 to 2022, during a congressional hearing.

Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, has been critical of the Biden administration's execution of the military pullout and has been seeking certain documents from that period, and afterward, that could shed light on intelligence and the communication among U.S. officials in the run-up to the withdrawal in Aug. 2021. Earlier this month, McCaul postponed a planned markup to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over relevant documents.

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