Austin is expected to “be frank about the things we could have done better,” a U.S. official told Reuters. But questions will be raised again about why we got to the point that we did in Afghanistan,” she told Reuters in a telephone interview. Separately, Milley could face intense questioning over an account in a new book alleging he bypassed civilian leaders to place secret calls to his Chinese counterpart over concerns about former President Donald Trump. Milley’s office pushed back against the report in the book, saying the calls he made were coordinated within the Pentagon and across the U.S. government. But some of the greatest concern has come from lawmakers in the House, where Milley will testify on Wednesday.
