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FILE - In this undated photo released by the 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton/U.S. Marines is Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum, 20. The widow of a U.S. Marine killed in a bombing in Afghanistan in August has given birth to a baby girl. Levi Rylee Rose McCollum was born Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California, according to a Facebook post by the baby's grandmother, Jill Miller Crayton. Crayton is the mother of Jiennah Crayton, who is the widow of Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, 20, of Bondurant, Wyoming. (U.S. Marines via AP, File)

Widow of young Marine killed in Kabul airport attack gives birth to baby girl

Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2021 file photo, Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. (AP Photo/Zabi Karimi, File)

Biden has made the world’s deadliest terrorists great again

By Brahma Chellaney

Taliban fighters patrol a market in Kabul's Old City, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) **FILE**

Somewhere over the horizon, blithe assurances fly

By John Venable

Illustration on Biden’s actions in Afghanistan by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Biden botched Afghanistan. Every American deserves answers

By Sen. Shelley Moore Capito

A Taliban fighter controls a crowd waiting to withdraw money from a bank branch in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) **FILE**

Marsha Blackburn rips Biden’s ‘redefining’ Taliban as legitimate government: ‘These are terrorists’

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Blinken was questioned about the Biden administration's handling of the U.S. withdraw from Afghanistan. (Drew Angerer/Pool via AP)

Blinken must resign

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this April 22, 2014, photo, a group of suspected al-Qaida militants accused of the killing of an army general in a suicide bombing stands trial at a state security court in Sanaa, Yemen. Over the past decade, even as it used Yemen as a base for international attacks, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula has often clashed with the military and security forces, carrying out attacks and withstanding crackdowns even as it sought to weave itself into Yemeni society. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) **FILE**

Al Qaeda rebuilding for U.S. attacks in one to two years: CIA, DIA

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., asks a question during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, and Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, nominee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, testified on the first panel. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Josh Hawley to block Biden’s nominees until Cabinet members resign over Afghanistan

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

U.S. Army Gen. Austin Scott Miller speaks during the change of command ceremony at Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018. Miller assumed command of the 41-nation NATO mission in Afghanistan following a handover ceremony. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Top U.S. general in Afghanistan contradicts Biden, told chain of command not to pull out

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Blinken was questioned about the Biden administration's handling of the U.S. withdraw from Afghanistan. (Jabin Botsford/Pool via AP)

Blinken faces another grilling on Capitol Hill over Afghanistan exit

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, and Qatari Defense Minister Khalid Bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. (Olivier Douliery/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Senate Dems threaten subpoena after Pentagon chief refuses to appear at Afghanistan hearing

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 22, 2021, photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, Afghan passengers board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (MSgt. Donald R. Allen/U.S. Air Force via AP) **FILE**

Trapped in Afghanistan: Those left behind grapple with unresponsive U.S., dimming hope of escape

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joined at left by Chairman Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., discusses the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan with Secretary of State Antony Blinken who appeared remotely, at the Capitol in Washington on Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Republicans hammer Blinken over Afghan debacle while Dems blame Trump

By Ben Wolfgang and Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Taliban members lay their weapons down as they pray inside a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Donors voice concerns over Taliban rule as U.N. seeks funds

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Vice President Kamala Harris joins California Gov. Gavin Newsom at a rally against the California gubernatorial recall election on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, in San Leandro, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) ** FILE **

Biden campaigns in California while American lives are at risk

By David N. Bossie

FILE - In this April 15, 2021, file photo, President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. As the delta variant fuels an increase of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., some of President Joe Biden's critics blame the surge on his border policies, which allow some migrants to enter the country to apply for asylum. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Let’s not forget our southern border crisis

By Rep. Andy Biggs

Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., speaks during the House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on the administration's foreign policy priorities on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Washington. (Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Republican points to ‘leaked’ Biden call, accuses administration of ‘manipulating’ Taliban intel

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks as he meets with Philippines Foreign Minister Teodoro Locsin, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Secretary of State Antony Blinken first on docket as Afghanistan pullout hearings begin

By Guy Taylor and Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 2, 2014, before the House Intelligence Committee. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Afghanistan soon to become ‘jihadist central,’ former CIA chief predicts

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this July 24, 2021 file photo, Former President Donald Trump speaks on a variety of topics to supporters at a Turning Point Action gathering in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) **FILE**

Trump uses 9/11 anniversary to slam Biden: ‘He surrendered in defeat’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times