Debate on the rushed US withdrawal from Afghanistan moved to the House on Wednesday. Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Mark Milley, along with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, commander of US Central Command, faced pointed questions. Author Sarah Chayes, a former special adviser to the US military in Afghanistan, tells The World’s Marco Werman that the fundamental problems with the US withdrawal were civilian, not military.
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