{"id":129481,"date":"2024-11-24T09:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T02:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129481"},"modified":"2024-11-24T09:03:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T02:03:00","slug":"gop-senator-blocks-promotion-of-general-involved-in-afghanistan-withdrawal-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129481","title":{"rendered":"GOP senator blocks promotion of general involved in Afghanistan withdrawal, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The promotion of a three-star general who was part of the 2021\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/afghanistan-taliban-new-rules-women-rights-quashed-isis-al-qaeda-regroup-3-years\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan<\/a><\/span>\u00a0has been paused by Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, three sources familiar with the move confirmed to CBS News Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue was slated to be promoted to a four-star rank and take command of the U.S. Army in Europe. However, he was not included in a batch of nearly 1,000 promotions that moved through the Senate Armed Services Committee this week despite receiving a Pentagon recommendation.<\/p>\n<p>Mullin has put a hold on the promotion. The intention is to allow for the new Republican-controlled Congress and President-elect Donald Trump to weigh in on the promotion given Donahue&#8217;s involvement in the Afghanistan withdrawal, two sources familiar with the situation told CBS News.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount=\"\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Behind the scenes, there is an effort underway by the Army and other allies to convince Congress to move forward and lift the hold, which appears to be politically motivated, sources said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/11\/23\/88844d30-9bb1-47bd-96cc-6d3b9c4b2a61\/thumbnail\/620x414\/80f89a2df4e345905e15d44482aeb4ac\/gettyimages-1258378963.jpg?v=b1635869826311f914073798d8df6484 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/11\/23\/88844d30-9bb1-47bd-96cc-6d3b9c4b2a61\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/095767a79e94153ade60a5ca46a467c6\/gettyimages-1258378963.jpg?v=b1635869826311f914073798d8df6484 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue speaks during a re-designation ceremony officially renaming Fort Bragg into Fort Liberty, near Fayetteville, North Carolina, on June 2, 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                ALLISON JOYCE\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/harris-campaign-trump-taliban-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the campaign<\/a><\/span>, Trump frequently mentioned his surprise that no officers were consequently fired by President Biden for the chaotic withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>Military officers execute U.S. policy but do not create it. It was the Trump administration that in February 2020\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-taliban-peace-deal-leave-afghanistan-2020-02-29\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">brokered the deal<\/a><\/span>\u00a0with the Taliban to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan, but it was Mr. Biden\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/afghanistan-after-action-reports-state-department-pentagon-white-house\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">who decided<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to execute that withdrawal despite the Taliban breaking the terms of that U.S. agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Donahue was the last U.S. soldier to exit Afghanistan in 2021. The U.S. evacuated about 125,000 people, including 6,000 Americans, over the course of its withdrawal, during which dozens of Afghans and 13 U.S. service members were killed\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/kabul-airport-attack-victims-united-states-military-service-members\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">in a suicide bombing<\/a><\/span>\u00a0outside Hamid Karzai airport in Kabul.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. underestimated the speed with which the Taliban would capture Kabul and the well-documented U.S. logistical and planning failures have been a focus of multiple internal probes at the Pentagon, State Department, and in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>An extensive State Department report\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/state-department-afghanistan-report-withdrawal-after-action-review\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">released last year<\/a><\/span>\u00a0found that &#8220;insufficient&#8221; planning, communication failures and an inability to grasp &#8220;the scale and scope of the operation&#8221; contributed to the chaotic operation.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News has reached out to Mullin&#8217;s office but did not receive a response. It is not clear whether Trump is aware of the hold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n      <em><\/p>\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">Olivia Gazis<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.<br \/>\n      <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__heading-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"component__title\">Afghanistan: The New Reality<\/h3>\n<p>                      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/afghanistan-the-way-forward\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--lg\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n              More<br \/>\n              <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"\/><\/svg><\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n<p>                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/afghanistan-the-way-forward\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--sm\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n            More<br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"\/><\/svg><\/a><br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/margaret-brennan\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Margaret Brennan<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__image\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/margaret-brennan\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n              <span class=\"img \"><img alt=\"headshot-600-margaret-brennan.jpg \" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/17\/44bf3901-9d92-4aec-a919-b9cfb6f6c252\/thumbnail\/80x80\/ec281f35c469a1ae9d8782f027e23c10\/headshot-600-margaret-brennan.jpg?v=b1635869826311f914073798d8df6484 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/17\/44bf3901-9d92-4aec-a919-b9cfb6f6c252\/thumbnail\/160x160\/fee585f291894a35c6f4542fa368b0f6\/headshot-600-margaret-brennan.jpg?v=b1635869826311f914073798d8df6484 2x\"\/><\/span><br \/>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Margaret Brennan is the moderator of CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.&#8221; Based in Washington, D.C., Brennan is also the Network&#8217;s chief foreign affairs correspondent and a contributing correspondent to 60 Minutes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/senator-markwayne-mullin-blocks-promotion-lt-gen-christopher-donahue-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The promotion of a three-star general who was part of the 2021\u00a0U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan\u00a0has been paused by Republican Sen. 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