Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies on Afghanistan

[cozycherry]

Gotta respect C-Span. They been here for the longest putting raw footage on tv and youtube for us. It may be boring to some without some commentator talking over it but it is neccasary ln my opinion.

[rwc]

How has no one lost their job over this?

[teambattleground]

Just a show. There is no such thing as justice or accountability in Washington

[ru]

It is really hard to understand the decision of pull out before ensuring all the people have left. It is like a captain of a ship or plane decides to leave before the passengers.

[JasonIversen]

What drives me crazy about this is this is hardly a "hearing" at all. It's a bunch of people ranting while reading from pre-prepared scripts, trying their best to *not* let Blinken actually respond. Soundbites and grandstanding all 'round.

[pamandtyler]

The cordination was horrible and the state department was the problem

[paulapenny]

Of those 120 thousand brought out of Afghanistan, exactly how many are Americans?

[djmcrory]

86 billion = 6 aircraft carriers that kind of puts it in to perspective

[judgmentcareUSA]

No matter what you think - WATCHing the entire hearing is the best way to know what actually transpired. You can play the video at a faster speed. Much better than hearing the same sound bites endlessly on lame-stream-media.

[occalmom]

This is a hearing. Why is Meeks spending so much time explaining his opinion? Ask a question, man.

[shylo]

Ya hear that John Cina, TAIWAN IS A COUNTRY!!

[Cajungypsy]

Blink and you'll miss the forked tongue.

[jccucc]

Despite their objections one must continue to shine the light of truth on these loathsome criminals and their crimes.

Only in its glare do their lies wither and die,   it is the potent weapon they can not defend against.

[Wow-ezdb]

I understand that everything they do is 4 there sick game there is a reason 4 all they do

[donjeffries]

They should ALL be in attendance. It is much tougher to lie in person... You have to look them in the eye. Blinken should resign and turn himself in.

[dominikvonnabehrznik]

2:28 let the woman speak why did you cut her off

[SaltyBollocks]

Nothing but excuses from this administration. No accountability, no apologies, no remorse. I wonder how many times Blinken checked his watch?

[Wannadoyomotha]

How in a worst case scenario do you not anticipate the Afghan gov not holding up?? Whoever made these “worst case, mid case, best case” scenario and those in the chain of command who authorized those need to be held accountable for this catastrophic mistake in mapping possibilities and outcomes of a withdrawal from Afghan

[burtsmith]

I liked what Ann Wagner R from Missouri had to say.

[clarkrector]

I'm convinced the issues are so much deeper than what's portrayed here ... I urge anyone living in the US to carefully study up what really happened on 9/11/01, which laid the tracks to loss of lives that far exceeds "3000" people ... then come back and then, maybe, give this a watch.