House Republicans are planting targets for their first Biden administration investigations in the majority next year, starting with the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Why it matters: It’s the start of an investigation into an evacuation of unprecedented scale that saw more than 120,000 people airlifted out of the country after the Taliban swept into Kabul.

The operation was clouded by a suicide attack that left 13 Americans and roughly 200 Afghans dead.

Between the lines: This investigation is likely to be taken more seriously by the White House compared to GOP probes into Hunter Biden and calls for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign.

[It’s *far* more serious. This scandal not only has a body count, it also has a president abandoning thousands of Americans behind terrorist lines. It’s one of the most disgraceful presidential actions in American history. — Ed]