A group of US diplomats wrote a classified cable to Secretary of State Antony Blinken in mid-July warning that swift action needed to be taken because they believed the situation in Afghanistan could rapidly deteriorate and they feared a catastrophe.
They laid out how the department should act quickly to process and evacuate Afghans who had assisted the United States and get them out of the country quickly. The diplomats decided to send the dissent memo because they felt previous warnings and recommendations they had made were being ignored and labeled alarmist, two State Department officials told CNN.
In a statement to CNN, State Department spokesperson Ned Price declined to comment on the contents of the cable, but said,"the Secretary reads every dissent and reviews and clears on every reply.""He's made clear that he welcomes and encourages use of the Dissent Channel, and is committed to its revitalization," Price said Thursday."Just as importantly, we incorporate the Channel's constructive and thoughtful ideas into our policy and planning.
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