White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki defended a claim by CBS anchor Gayle King that the U.S. had engaged in “very bad behavior” during the hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Appearing on CBS Mornings Tuesday Psaki fended off multiple questions about a tumultuous several weeks for the Biden administration highlighted by a controversial withdrawal from Kabul that left 13 U.S. service members dead.
“We’re still getting hammered for how the withdrawal from Afghanistan happened,” King said. “Everybody knows, many people believe it was time. It’s just the way that it was done.”
“We don’t see it that way,” Psaki said.
King failed to mention a botched U.S. drone strike that killed 10 civilians and no ISIS-K terrorists.
Psaki was asked about the “dysfunctional” U.S. relationship with China.”We do see the relationship through the prism of competition. China is a competitor, but it’s not a country we want to have conflict with,” Psaki said.
