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On the ground State Department official on Biden Afghanistan withdrawal chaos

 


More and more information is coming out about the chaotic and deadly Afghanistan withdrawal by the Biden Administration. The more information coming out proves that no one actually was aware of what was happening until the last minute, which put lives in danger, many of whom were Americans and their supporters. Here is some of what was seen by a senior State Department official that was on the ground as the chaos went on.

Carol Perez

Here, via the House Foreign Affairs Committee release, is who Carol Perez is. It is her testimony covered in this article.

Ambassador Carol Z. Perez began her career at the State Department in 1987 and served 35 years until her retirement in December 2022. She served as U.S. Ambassador to Chile under the Obama administration and later Director General of the Foreign Service under the Trump administration. Ambassador Perez served as Acting Under Secretary for Management under the Biden administration, from January 21, 2021 through December 2021.

Perez Testimony

Here, via the same release, is a synopsis of what she told Congress about the withdrawal.

In April 2021, Perez traveled to Kabul to assess the needs of Embassy Kabul, testifying, “When the President made an announcement, I had a conversation with [D-MR] Brian McKeon and said, you know, we should go out somebody should go out and just make sure that the embassy has what they need for the future. And I was the person, so I went out, traveled there.”. Perez asserted that the State Department did not designate a leader responsible for overseeing the planning of the Afghanistan withdrawal from Afghanistan, stating, “the Department is not generally a senior leader. When we have — as I said, when we start to plan for any kind of contingency, that is the responsibility of a bureau working with the post. We don’t, sort of, take one senior leader and do that.”.

Perez testified that, throughout the withdrawal, the State Department’s focus was on maintaining “an enduring diplomatic presence” in Afghanistan. When asked who gave her those orders, Perez responded she took initiative from President Biden’s public comments, testifying “It’s the President’s statement that, you know, we were going to withdraw but there would be, you know, a remaining diplomatic presence. That, to me, was signaled, right? And, again, I never talked to the President in my life. But, you know, that statement was, like, ‘Okay. So now what do we do?’ Right?”.

During the withdrawal, Perez’s assessment of the situation centered around Kabul and not Afghanistan in its entirety: “Again, Kabul itself was quiet, you know, relatively speaking. There were not attacks on Americans. …If it stayed quiet, then perhaps, you know, work can continue.”. Perez’s understanding of the security situation in Afghanistan did not change until Kabul fell, testifying that the State Department hoped for the best and did not see this coming, stating, “You know, I would say that I think we all were very much surprised by what happened. Because the — I’m not an expert, right? I mean, I’m dumped into this job, you know, with all due respect — which, you know, I did. And, you know, we’re talking about the Afghan Security Forces, and everybody thought that they would be there and that Kabul itself would stay safe. So I, you know, relied upon the people who had more experience than I did and expertise to, you know, help me assess whether or not this was a good thing or not, right?” “I mean, you hope for the best, right? So, you know, if Kabul could’ve held, I think it would’ve been okay[.]”.

Perez was unsure what changes on the ground should have triggered the Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO), and it was unclear to her which entity was responsible for running the airport: “I don’t know for sure. Again, I was not focused on what was happening on the ground there, because the military came in, and once the military came — you know, our military came in, then I assumed that they took over those operations.”.

Perez testified that she never contemplated Hamid Karzai International Airport being breached or overrun. Stating further, that the State Department did not have any standard operating procedures for this type of operation or scenario.

There comes a point where people should answer for this, but it will not happen with this current government. People died because of the lack of planning and faulty notions. There needs to be a change to the structure of the government for there to be real accountability, which is not happening anytime soon. There are many that said that the US needed to get out of Afghanistan, but most of those people never wanted it done in a way that did more damage than good.

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