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The U.S. acknowledged its evacuations from Afghanistan in 2021 should have begun sooner — but largely blamed the Trump administration, according to a newly released National Security Council document outlining key moments.
Why it matters: The chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in summer 2021 — a pain point in Biden's presidency that's drawn bipartisan criticism — has also become a growing target of GOP-led congressional investigations.
The Afghanistan withdrawal changed the U.S. protocol on evacuations during other global conflicts, per the NSC's summary of the Biden administration's review of the withdrawal released Thursday.
"We now prioritize earlier evacuations when faced with a degrading security situation. We did so in both Ethiopia and Ukraine," it said.