The only thing Secretary of State Antony Blinken could offer during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the Biden administration’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 were excuses, Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, told Newsmax on Tuesday.

“There are certain people that are absolutely 100% responsible for this,” Jackson told “The Record With Greta Van Susteren.” “It’s President Biden, Kamala Harris. Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, is a huge, huge part of this. He was the decision-maker in most of this, and Anthony Blinken from the State Department.”

President-elect Donald Trump, during his first term, negotiated with the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, an agreement to end the United States’ longest war, with a full withdrawal of U.S. troops by May 2021 provided the Taliban abide by certain conditions, which they didn’t do.”

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