Secretary Austin failed in his responsibility to modify the strategy or logistics related to the removal of United States military personnel from Afghanistan, including to delay the United States drawdown or otherwise mitigate persisting threats posed by the Taliban and their affiliated forces to the United States. Instead, Secretary Austin forced an arbitrary withdrawal deadline of September 11, despite substantial evidence and other intelligence being available that the United States lacked the capabilities to effectively implement this deadline without assuming significant costs, including of American lives. Secretary Austin’s strategic and moral blindness to the glaring flaws in the withdrawal strategy represents an extraordinary dereliction of his duties to the Constitution and to the people of the United States of America. Wherefore, Lloyd James Austin III, by such conduct, has forsaken his sworn duties to the United States of America, its national security, and its people, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with the Constitution and the Office of Secretary of Defense. Lloyd James Austin III thus warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office.