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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee releases its report on the American exit from Afghanistan

in 2021, and the revelation is that President Biden ignored the advice of nearly all of his military

and security advisors. What have been the consequences of that Afghan withdrawal three years later and how does it bear on the decision

Americans face in this election campaign about who should be the next

commander-in-chief Kamala Harris or Donald Trump. I'm Paul Geego, editor of the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal and

welcome to Potomac Watch our daily podcast of the journal editorial page. I'm here with my colleagues Kate Batchelder O'Dell and Joe Sternberg.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee is releasing its long-awaited report on Afghanistan.

It's more than two years in the making and it's 350 or so pages and loaded with

information about one of the most humiliating episodes in recent American foreign policy.

Let's listen to Chairman Michael McCall, explain

why this report is coming out now. Why is it important right now Margaret?

Because of the foreign policy is at stake. What happened after Afghanistan impacted the world? Why? Because

Putin responded by invading Ukraine two months after Afghanistan fell. Chairman she, Putin made an unholy alliance in Beijing,

threatening the Pacific now,

and then the Ayatollah reared his ugly head

in the Middle East, and we're seeing this. Finally, this is really important.

The Bogham prisons unleashed thousands of ISIS-K prisoners that went to the Corazon region.

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