The defense secretary’s decision to select his chief spokesman to lead the inquiry into the chaotic end of the war was highly unusual.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new probe into the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal, vowing accountability for what he called the Biden administration’s “disastrous and embarrassing” handling of the events that led to the deaths of 13 US troops.

America Reports’ panelists Mike Doody and Christopher Murray react to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to launch a new review of the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, 20, was one of 13 U.S. service members killed in a suicide bombing outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 26, 2021.