Kirby Reveals Harris’ Role In Afghan Withdrawal

In a Tuesday interview on “CNN News Central,” which aired prior to that evening’s presidential debate, White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby addressed questions about Vice President Kamala Harris’s involvement in the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

When asked if Harris worked closely with President Biden on the matter, Kirby responded that “she was at the center of” the “policy discussions and the planning that went into the withdrawal,” emphasizing that her active participation was expected as part of her role as Vice President.

During the interview, co-host John Berman read from a House Republican report on Afghanistan and asked John Kirby, “The idea of Harris working in lockstep with President Biden on the Afghan withdrawal. Is that accurate?”

Berman’s question sought to clarify the extent of Vice President Kamala Harris’s involvement in the decision-making process surrounding the controversial withdrawal from Afghanistan, and whether she played a significant role in shaping the administration’s strategy.

John Kirby is a DISGRACE!!

In an accidental reply to Fox News, he stated that there was NO NEED to respond to “a handful of vets” about the BOTCHED Biden-Harris withdrawal from Afghanistan!! 13 American service members DIED and he DOESN’T CARE!!

This administration has NO…

— Ronny Jackson (@RonnyJacksonTX) September 12, 2024

Kirby reiterated that Harris had been deeply involved in the discussions and planning as part of her duties as Vice President.

White House Advisor John Kirby emphasizes Kamala Harris was “𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬” in the botched Afghanistan withdrawal and was “𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫” of the planning relating to the pullout that… pic.twitter.com/Re5rZQxY3a

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“She certainly was at the table for all those national security decisions. She’s spoken herself about her support for the decision to end the war and her contribution to the policy discussions and the planning that went into the withdrawal, if she was at the center of that, of course, as she would be as Vice President. But this idea, first of all, that they’re now throwing her into this, [it] clearly just shows the partisan nature of this report and the political nature of it. The timing of it here, coming the day before the debate, it’s hard to escape that. But this idea that either the Vice President or the President were just recklessly moving to this withdrawal without concern to Afghan women and girls just flies in the face of the facts. That is not true,” Kirby responded.