It's not the role of the United States to handpick any nation's leaders and the Colombian people have spoken.

I thought that as soon as the President announced in April 2021 that we were going to abide by the Doha agreement and withdrawal that that withdrawal should have happened earlier.

And by law they're required to come up with a plan and they did not and that's the point the chairman has made over and over.

the President says we planned for all contingencies.

To me, it's sad that after 20 years of blood and treasure where are we now with the women, the Taliban in control.

I do not believe in excuses. I believe in results.

the Biden Administration had thwarted our efforts on three different occasions to rescue Americans.

I will hold people accountable and we will on this committee ensure that something like this never, ever happens again in the United States of America.

If this could only be won diplomatically then there is no other conclusion than the withdrawal was a complete and total loss.

I want to start off by commending Colombia's decision to provide temporary protected status to almost 2 million Venezuelans fleeing the economic collapse and political crisis in neighboring Venezuela.

I was very vocal in 2021 that the withdrawal and the evacuation should have started earlier.

Those aren't failures by the U.S. military and those who are wearing the uniform. It's the suits, not the boots, who are actually responsible for these types of failures and these collapses.