Biden State Dept. Quashed Trump-Era Program Designed to Evacuate Americans From Crisis Zones

The Biden Regime quashed a critical State Department program designed to help Americans evacuate safely out of crisis zones just months prior to the fall of Kabul, the National Pulse reported Wednesday.

The “Contingency and Crisis Response Bureau” was established late last year to handle medical, diplomatic, and logistical support involving Americans overseas.

A memo, signed by Deputy Secretary Brian McKeon and dated June 11, 2021, called for the “discontinuation of the establishment, and termination of, the Contingency and Crisis Response Bureau (CCR)” just a couple of months before the program was desperately needed. Over the weekend, the Taliban insurgents overtook the Afghan capital of Kabul, leaving up to 40,000 Americans and Afghan interpreters stranded in the war-torn country.

“SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED,” the State Department document begins, with the subject line, ACTION MEMO FOR THE SECRETARY (Anthony Blinken).

The memo had two recommendations:

“That you direct the discontinuation of the establishment, and termination of, the Contingency and Crisis Response Bureau (CCR), and direct a further review of certain associated Department requirements and capabilities.”

“That you direct the discontinuation of the establishment, and termination of, CCR, consistent with the applicable legal requirements, necessary stakeholder engagement, and any applicable changes to the Foreign Affairs Manual and other requirements.”

The bureau, created under former Sec. of State Mike Pompeo, provided “aviation, logistics, and medical support capabilities for the Department’s operational bureaus, thereby enhancing the secretary’s ability to protect American citizens overseas in connection with overseas evacuations in the aftermath of a natural or man-made disaster,” according to a notification from the Trump administration obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

According to the National Pulse, the decision to axe the CCR program may have come as early as February, “both undermining the original Trump-era date for the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, and certainly giving the Taliban time to threaten American assets and lives on the run up to Joe Biden’s September 11th date of withdrawal.”

Former President Donald Trump blasted the Biden regime’s move in a comment to the Pulse.

“My Administration prioritized keeping Americans safe, Biden leaves them behind. Canceling this successful Trump Administration program before the withdrawal that would have helped tens of thousands Americans reach home is beyond disgraceful. Our withdrawal was conditions-based and perfect, it would have been flawlessly executed and nobody would have even known we left. The Biden execution and withdrawal is perhaps the greatest embarrassment to our Country in History, both as a military and...

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