#shorts On 3/22/2023, a reporter asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “Yeah. First thing, I just wanted to see if you could offer a little bit of clarity on the Afghanistan — remarks of the after-action review that’s coming out in mid-April that Kirby just referred to. Is that the hotwash that Jake had referred to, going back to, basically, in the midst — right? —

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Yeah.

Reporter: — in August 2021?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Yeah, I —

Reporter: Is that —

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: That is —

Reporter: That’s what we should be —

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: That — that’s what you should be expecting in mid-April.

Reporter: Okay. I guess, if you could just add a little bit of meat to the bone. Why — it’s — I guess, for — I’m not turning down this review coming out —

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Yes.

Reporter: — but why did — why did it take so long?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Look, I’m not going to get into the specifics on — on the process or the timeline of it. I know that Jake had talked — you guys have asked him about this many times. And I — my — I would say that we wanted to make sure that we were — you know, take the time to get this right.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/jliOSe0Vp3Q
Q: why did it take so long Afghanistan after-action review? A: take the time to get this right