Impeaching Lloyd James Austin III, Secretary of Defense, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

HRES 666 is a resolution introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to impeach Secretary of Defense Lloyd James Austin III for high crimes and misdemeanors. It specifically alleges that Austin failed to adequately prepare for the Afghanistan withdrawal, including evacuating Bagram Air Base without securing it and enforcing an arbitrary September 11, 2021, deadline, which contributed to the abandonment of Americans and the deaths of 13 U.S. service members. This resolution is procedural - it does not change laws or policies but formally charges Austin with misconduct for an impeachment trial in the Senate. It directly targets the Secretary of Defense as the subject of the impeachment proceedings.