National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan He has reportedly offered to resign from President Biden's administration after the failed withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, according to David Ignatius in the Washington Post.
Ignatius is a columnist for The Washington Post. Talk to Sullivan And many of his colleagues as the Biden administration approaches its end.
Several of Sullivan's colleagues reportedly told Ignatius that Sullivan had offered to resign, and President Biden insisted he remain national security adviser, according to the report.
Ignatius stated that the withdrawal from Afghanistan “broke the early courtesy” of the Biden administration’s national security team, and sparked a dispute between Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
The 2021 withdrawal claimed the lives of more than ten people US service members This led to the Taliban regaining control of the war-torn country.
“You can't end a war like Afghanistan, where dependencies and pathologies have accumulated, without the ending being complicated and difficult,” Sullivan told the Washington Post columnist. “The choice was: leave and it won’t be easy, or stay forever.”
“Leaving Kabul freed up (the United States) to deal with the Russian invasion of Ukraine in ways that might have been impossible had we stayed,” Sullivan added.
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The Pentagon has resisted Biden's call to withdraw all US forces, Ignatius wrote From Afghanistan He defended “a remaining force of 2,500 soldiers in Kabul.”
Sullivan initially shared the Pentagon's concerns, Ignatius wrote, citing close advisers.
However, he proceeded to “wholeheartedly” support Biden's plan for a full withdrawal.
Wall Street Journal national security correspondent Alex Ward, who wrote “The Internationalists,” a book about the president's foreign policy team, noted that advisers he spoke to for the book said no one had offered to resign.
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The White House and National Security Council did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Sullivan evaluated his performance at the end of the interview with Ignatius.
“Are our alliances stronger? Yes. Are our enemies weaker? Yes. Have we kept America out of the war? Yes. Have we improved our strategic position in the competition with China while stabilizing the relationship? Yes. Have we strengthened the engines of American power? Economic and technological power yes?”