“Top U.S. military advisers didn’t recommend that President Biden keep a residual force in Afghanistan.”
What FactCheck.org found
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley and Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, said in a Sept. 28 hearing they believe the U.S. should have left a residual force of at least 2,500 troops.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (President of the United States) made this claim around 18 August 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 September 2021, 41 days later. Its rating was “Not What Advisers Say”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.