- A State Department team agreed that Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan would have served better as a staging ground for a possible country evacuation, but the Biden administration ended up picking the sole other option instead, a witness told Congress Thursday.
- If the Biden administration evacuated out of Bagram at the end of the Afghanistan war, the devastating terrorist attack killing 13 U.S. servicemembers and wounding dozens more at Kabul Airport would not have happened, Command Sgt. Maj. Jacob Smith told a House Foreign Affairs Committee panel.
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State Dept Team Blames Kabul Bombing On Decision Not To Use Bagram Air Base
President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin look on as as a carry team moves a transfer case with the remain of Marine Corps Sgt. Johanny Rosariopichardo, 25, of Lawrence, Mass., during a casualty return at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, According to the Department of Defense, Rosariopichardo died in a suicide bombing at Afghanistan's Kabul airport, along with 12 other U.S. service members. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
