The Biden Administration's dishonorable flight from Afghanistan was a betrayal of our servicemembers and the brave Afghans who lived, worked, and fought alongside them.

I will not rest, and this committee will not rest, until we determine how this happened and hold those responsible for it accountable.

This is about accountability. This is about transparency. And, this is about ensuring this never, ever happens again.

And I find it ironic that some of the Democrat colleagues that I have here today say we shouldn't make this political.

It is shameful what happened. And, as a citizen, not as someone who has served, not as somebody who was on the ground there, as a citizen, it was horrifying to watch.

I do not think we can start the healing process until we do have accountability.

there was no plan. There was no plan. And the plan was to leave the Taliban in charge of this evacuation, which led to the chaos and the bloodshed that ensued after that.

we fought and we bled for 20 years to build an Afghan Special Operations Forces capacity.

I think where we are now is this moral injury that has been heaped upon, not just our veterans, but our Gold Star family members...

This was an abdication of the most basic duties of the United States Government--to protect Americans and leave no one behind.

There's going to be no circumstances where you see people being lifted off the roof of an embassy like in Vietnam.