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During this same meeting, it was reported that the 
State Department articulated its ability and intention to 
keep the American Embassy in Kabul open and oper-
ational with more than 1,400 Americans remaining in 
country. 
On April 27, 2021, in apparent acknowledgment of 
the dangers posed by a resurgent Taliban, the American 
Embassy in Kabul ordered nearly 3,000 members of its 
staff to depart. 
On May 11, 2021, the Taliban—in furtherance of its 
speedy and sweeping campaign to recapture control of 
much of Afghanistan—captured the Nerkh district imme-
diately adjacent to Kabul. 
On May 15, 2021, Embassy officials sent an urgent 
warning to remaining Americans in the country that the 
‘‘U.S. Embassy strongly suggests that U.S. citizens make 
plans to leave Afghanistan as soon as possible.’’. 
On July 2, 2021, the American military vacated 
Bagram Air Base—the central United States military post 
in the country, including the prison on site housing over 
5,000 Taliban and suspected terrorist prisoners. The 
hasty evacuation left these prisoners as well as significant 
stockpiles of American weapons and equipment unguarded 
resulting in the eventual liberation of prisoners and sei-
zure of weapons and equipment by Taliban forces. On July 
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8, 2021, President Biden stated ‘‘there’s going to be no 
circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof 
of an embassy of the United States from Afghanistan. It 
is not at all comparable.’’. 
On August 12, 2021, State Department spokesman, 
Ned Price, serving under the authority of Secretary 
Blinken stated ‘‘The embassy remains open, and we plan 
to continue our diplomatic work in Afghanistan.’’. Ross 
Wilson, the acting United States ambassador to Afghani-
stan who was on the call, said the staff still needed 72 
hours to leave. 
On August 15, 2021, the American Flag at the 
United States Embassy in Kabul was taken down. 
On August 15, 2021, Kabul and the Green Zone— 
the heart of the American diplomatic presence in Afghani-
stan—was recaptured by the Taliban and remains under 
its control. 
On August 25, 2021, American citizens were still at-
tempting to navigate through Taliban blockades, and 
widespread chaos on the streets of Kabul to Hamid Karzai 
International Airport in order to leave Afghanistan. 
On August 26, 2021, Secretary Blinken’s failure to 
execute his duties to safely and efficiently evacuate of all 
United States government personnel, dependents, and pri-
vate United States citizens when their lives are in danger 
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directly gave rise to a dangerous scenario at the Kabul 
airport enabling terrorists to execute a deadly attack that 
killed eleven marines and a Navy medic and further under-
mined his abilities to execute his duties under 22 U.S.C. 
4802(b). 
Secretary Blinken’s actions, including ignoring crit-
ical intelligence received from the embassy in Kabul and 
United States intelligence agencies, have left American 
property, military equipment and weapons in the hands 
of enemies of the United States, left American citizens 
stranded in life threatening situations in dereliction of his 
duties as Secretary of State (22 U.S.C. 2715; 22 U.S.C. 
4802). These actions have eroded American interests and 
security as well as our credibility and relationships 
amongst our closest allies. In failing to uphold his respon-
sibilities of his office, Secretary Blinken has failed to en-
sure the protection of the United States Government to 
American citizens, property, and interests in foreign coun-
tries. 
Wherefore, Antony John Blinken, by such conduct, 
warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office. 
ARTICLE II 
Antony John Blinken, in his conduct while Secretary 
of State, engaged in a pattern of conduct that is incompat-
ible with his duties as an Officer of the United States, 
as follows: 
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On August 10, 2021, as the crisis in Afghanistan was 
evident and worsening, Secretary Blinken’s spokesman, 
Ned Price, stated that ‘‘the United States continues to 
have leverage . . . and the Afghan Government has tre-
mendous leverage.’’. An assertion now proven obviously er-
roneous constituting the provision of false information to 
the Congress and American citizens. 
On August 15, 2021, the Taliban captured Kabul, 
the capital of Afghanistan. Over one week later, on August 
25, 2021, Secretary Blinken gave his first public briefing 
or interview since the collapse of Afghanistan. This is in 
direct violation of his statutory duty to keep the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
fully and currently informed with respect to all activities 
and responsibilities within the jurisdiction of these com-
mittees (22 U.S.C. 2680(b)). 
On July 13, 2021, nearly two dozen American dip-
lomats, still remaining in the Kabul embassy, sent a memo 
directly to Secretary Blinken through the State Depart-
ment’s ‘‘dissent’’ channel. The cable, first reported by the 
Wall Street Journal on August 19, 2021, urged that evac-
uation flights for Afghans begin in two weeks and that 
the administration move faster to register them for visas. 
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Five days prior to Secretary Blinken receiving the 
cable through the dissent channel from Kabul, President 
Biden stated that the Afghan Government was unlikely 
to fall and there would be no chaotic evacuations of Ameri-
cans similar to the end of Vietnam. Upon receiving the 
dissent cable from the Embassy, Secretary Blinken had 
a moral duty and was statutorily obligated to inform the 
Congress and American public (22 U.S.C. 2680(b)) that 
President Biden’s remarks needed to be clarified to pre-
vent any confusion at home and abroad. 
Throughout the month of July and into August, prior 
to the collapse of the Afghan Government, the United 
States Intelligence Community warned President Biden 
and his top advisors, including Secretary Blinken, that the 
situation in Afghanistan was worsening, the Afghan mili-
tary was ill-prepared to deal with the Taliban, and a pre-
emptive removal of American troops was ill-advised. 
In direct conflict with the intelligence and advice pro-
vided by his own diplomats and the intelligence commu-
nity, Secretary Blinken failed to advise and counsel the 
President accordingly and did not inform the Congress nor 
American citizens at home and abroad of the dangers 
posed by the advancing Taliban of which he was explicitly 
aware. 
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As a result, the Afghan Government collapsed in the 
month of August 2021 and American forces have been 
struggling to retrieve American civilians and allies, and 
a humanitarian crisis has erupted at Hamid Karzai Air-
port in Kabul. Secretary Blinken has not informed the 
American public nor Congress of what actions will be 
taken to ensure the safety of all Americans and American 
allies in Afghanistan. 
Wherefore, Antony John Blinken, by such conduct, 
warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office. 
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