U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Has Not Offered His Resignation To President Biden Following The Complete Collapse Of The U.S.-Trained And Equipped Afghan Military

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a visit by U.S. President Joe Biden to the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Feb. 10, 2021. (AFP Photo)

Washington Times: Biden’s defense secretary has no plans to resign over Afghan disaster

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has not offered his resignation to President Biden following the complete collapse of the U.S.-trained and equipped Afghan military and has no plans to do so, Pentagon officials said Monday.

A day after victorious Taliban forces rolled into Kabul with little opposition, Pentagon officials said they are now focusing their attention on securing Hamid Karzai International Airport so the remaining Americans in the capital can be safely evacuated.

“It’s a fluid and dynamic situation,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters. “There will obviously be things that I don’t know because things are continuing to unfold.”

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Update: ‘US SecDef has no plan to resign’: Pentagon finally reacts to ‘troubling’ Kabul airport scenes, vows to continue HALTED evacuation (RT)

WNU Editor: Someone has to be a sacrificial lamb for what has happened .... Kabul’s collapse followed string of intel failures, defense officials say (Politico).

My prediction.

No one is going to resign and/or be fired.

Update: There is a push to fire the National Security adviser .... Ex-Obama adviser argues Biden should fire Sullivan over Afghanistan (The Hill)