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flag Secretary Blinken defends U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan amid Republican criticism.

flag Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in a hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. flag Republican lawmakers, led by Michael McCaul, criticized the withdrawal as a failure of foreign policy, citing the death of 13 Americans and the evacuation struggles. flag Blinken argued that the decision to withdraw was limited by a deal negotiated by the Trump administration, and that the Biden administration had no viable alternative but to end the war. flag He also emphasized that all Americans and dual citizens who wanted to leave Afghanistan have been given the opportunity to do so.

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