A much-awaited promotion was put on hold by a Republican senator of a general who oversaw troops in Kabul during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan,
Ideally such big decision of leaving war field must be a joint decision from Government offices in 2021 but the move by Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin follows threats from President-elect Donald Trump to fire senior officers and officials who oversaw the chaotic pullout from Afghanistan in 2021. It also comes as Trump’s transition team weighs possible court-martial proceedings against current and former officers involved in the withdrawal.
On other hand he was nominated among more than 900 proposed nominations sent to the Senate, but Donahue’s was put on hold powered by Sen. Mullin, according to the Senate aide.
Most probably what has happened was that Donahue’s photograph went viral who was the last US Army member to board the military plane out of Afghanistan in 2021 during the last president’s tenure. All the decision must have been approved by the statutory office, then why there is hold on promotion to be four start Army Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue.
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