Milley, Austin, McKenzie to testify on chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal at Senate hearing
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and head of U.S. Central Command Gen. Frank McKenzie are set to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee Wednesday morning.
The top military officials are expected to take questions on a number of factors – including their plans leading up to the withdrawal, their plans for evacuating Americans and Afghan allies from the country and the Aug. 26 suicide bombing outside of Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport.
The bombing took the lives of 13 U.S. service members – including 11 Marines, one Navy sailor and one Army soldier. Eighteen other U.S. service members were wounded. The bombing also left more than 150 civilians dead.
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