{"id":51054,"date":"2024-11-22T19:46:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T19:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/11\/22\/senate-stalls-generals-promotion-as-trump-mulls-afghan-exit-probe\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:23:10","slug":"senate-stalls-generals-promotion-as-trump-mulls-afghan-exit-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2024\/11\/22\/senate-stalls-generals-promotion-as-trump-mulls-afghan-exit-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate stalls general\u2019s promotion as Trump mulls Afghan exit probe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The promotion of a notable Army lieutenant general, who has been tapped to  lead U.S. Army Europe Command, stalled Nov. 21 when his name was left off a list of nearly 1,000 military promotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue, the current commander of the 18th Airborne Corps, which oversees the 82nd Airborne Division, 10th Mountain Division and 3rd Infantry Division, among other units, was among the names on the Pentagon\u2019s recommended promotion list approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee earlier that week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, once the list went to the full upper chamber of the Senate, his name did not advance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/11\/21\/congress\/politics-and-promotions-00191098\" target=\"_blank\">Politico first reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senate will not return from its holiday recess until December.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2024\/11\/18\/last-american-soldier-to-leave-afghanistan-to-command-us-army-europe\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b0478b20-9cbe-4095-911f-d4fcccefa30d.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Last American soldier to leave Afghanistan to command US Army Europe<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The general, whose career has been defined by special operations, has been tapped to lead a conventional deterrence mission.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Washington Post has reported that Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma put a hold on the nomination, ostensibly to give President-elect Trump and the new Republican-controlled Congress time to weigh in on the promotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donahue has declined to comment on the potential promotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donahue\u2019s stalled promotion comes amid media reports, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/trump-transition-team-compiling-list-current-former-us-military-office-rcna180489\" target=\"_blank\">NBC News<\/a>, that President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s transition team is \u201ccompiling a list of current and former officers for possible court-martial\u201d who were involved in the U.S. military\u2019s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump representatives did not immediately respond to an email request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s transition team is contemplating making a commission to investigate the withdrawal, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/trump-transition-team-compiling-list-current-former-us-military-office-rcna180489\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a>. The investigation would seek to identify individuals who were directly involved in the military leaders\u2019 decisions about the conduct of the exit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thirteen U.S. troops and an estimated 170 Afghan civilians were killed in an attack on the Hamid Karzai International Airport\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/3741245\/kabul-airport-attack-review-reaffirms-initial-findings-identifies-attacker\/\" target=\"_blank\">Abbey Gate <\/a>during the withdrawal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An independent review published in 2022 by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sigar.mil\/pdf\/evaluations\/SIGAR-22-22-IP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction <\/a>placed blame on both the Trump and Biden administrations for the calamity of the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Secretary nominee and former Fox News host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2024\/11\/13\/trump-picks-fox-commentator-pete-hegseth-as-his-next-defense-secretary\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pete Hegseth<\/a> has previously said the U.S. military needs to be \u201cradically overhauled\u201d and that \u201clots of people need to be fired,\u201d using the \u201cdebacle\u201d of the Afghanistan exit as an example in his 2024 book, \u201cThe War on Warriors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stalled military promotions are not unprecedented. Last year, the Senate relied on a Senate floor vote procedure to bypass a hold by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., which stalled the promotions of hundreds of flag and general officers for months in an effort to overturn a Pentagon policy that provides reproductive health care and abortion access for troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to pinning a fourth star, Donahue has been tapped to lead U.S. Army Europe Command at a volatile time with the current state of the Russia-Ukraine war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donahue served in special operations before commanding the Army\u2019s Infantry School and Soldier Lethality Cross Functional Team. He then went back to his roots briefly to lead the Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By 2021, Donahue was thrust into the public\u2019s attention when he was featured in a photo as the last U.S. soldier on the ground in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He led the 18th Airborne Corps and was on a contingent of 82nd Airborne Division soldiers who responded in 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If confirmed, he would take charge of the Army\u2019s Europe-based assets and personnel as the United States continues in its support of NATO allies and Ukraine through training and military equipment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lt. Gen. 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