House Republicans today blamed the Biden administration for the

chaotic and deadly U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, accusing the

White House of ignoring Afghan Allied and military advice and conducting a subsequent cover-up.

The U.S. exit from its longest ever war ended with a complete Thalaban takeover, a terrorist

attack that killed 13 service members and hundreds of

Afghans, including many who had worked with the US government, left behind. The

White House today called the report partisan and dismissed the accusation of a cover-up.

Nick Schifrin is reporting on this story for us.

He joins me now.

Nick, so let's just start with this report.

What does it say?

The report from the Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee

makes four major

conclusions on the number one the administration was quote determined to

withdraw from Afghanistan no matter the cost the administration quote failed to

plan for all contingencies.

As a result, 13 US service members

were murdered by a terrorist attack.

US national security was degraded,

and America's credibility on the world stage was severely damaged. And the administration. and the

American credibility on the world stage was severely damaged

and the administration conducted a cover-up misleading

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