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The Biden White House is blaming the “conditions created by his predecessor” for the way the U.S. ended its more than two-decade-long military presence in Afghanistan in 2021. The State and Defense Departments are sending a classified review of the withdrawal to Congress on Thursday.
The assessment is part of a National Security Council document that provides the Biden administration’s views on the controversial withdrawal that ultimately resulted in the deaths of American service members.
The assessment notes that in his last 11 months in office, Trump ordered a series of drawdowns of U.S. troops. He lowered the number from 8,600 in June 2020 to 4,500 in September 2020.
“A month later, President Trump tweeted, to the surprise of military advisors, that the remaining U.
