Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has taken heavy criticism in the last 24 hours for what critics say was a serious mistake: he was reportedly on vacation in the Hamptons as Kabul fell to the Taliban.
President Joe Biden is also taking fire since he was at Camp David when Kabul fell.
From the Washington Post :
“By August, the dominant view was that the Taliban wasn’t likely to pose a serious threat to Kabul until late fall. On the Friday afternoon before Kabul fell, the White House was starting to empty out, as many of the senior staff prepared to take their first vacations of Biden’s young presidency. Earlier in the day, Biden had arrived at Camp David, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken was already in the Hamptons.”Meanwhile, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki had an “out of office message” indicating she’d be gone until Sept. 5. (Story continues below.) […]
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