Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered his department to convene a “special review panel” to further probe the Biden administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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The Federalist has the story:

In his directive, Hegseth disclosed that the Defense Department has been conducting “a review” throughout the past three months of what the secretary described as a “catastrophic event in our military’s history.” Based on the probe’s findings, Hegseth “concluded that we need to conduct a comprehensive review to ensure that accountability for this event is met and that the complete picture is provided to the American people.”

The memo tasks Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs and Senior Advisor Sean Parnell to “convene a Special Review Panel (SRP) for the Department who will thoroughly examine previous investigations.” As noted in a Defense Department press release, Parnell spent 485 days stationed in Afghanistan and was “wounded in action” along with many of his fellow soldiers.

According to the directive, the agency’s Parnell-led investigation will “include but [is] not limited to, findings of fact, sources, witnesses, and analyz[ing] the decision making that led to one of America’s darkest and deadliest international moments.”

Secretary Hegseth wrote that the panel will “ensure ACCOUNTABILITY to the American people.”

Shortly after he was confirmed, Secretary Hegseth promised his department would investigate the Afghanistan withdrawal. Now, months later, this investigation is evolving. Clearly, the Department of Defense has found a great deal of concerning information!

Throughout this entire process, even all the way back in February, Secretary Hegseth has promised that accountability is coming. Let’s pray in agreement with him!

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(Excerpt from The Federalist. Photo Credit: DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)