Defense Secretary Tells Senate About US Miscalculations In Afghanistan

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin, in testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee, explained a number of hard truths of lessons learned from Afghanistan. "We helped build a state, but we could not forge a nation," the U.S. Defense chief told the Committee Tuesday, summarizing the United States' 20-year involvement in the war-torn country. Austin gave context to the U.S. decisions in A