According to a report, Jake Sullivan, Biden's national security adviser, tendered his resignation following the tumultuous withdrawal from Afghanistan.

According to the Washington Post's David Ignatius, Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, reportedly offered to resign from President Biden's administration following the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.

As the Biden administration nears its end, a Washington Post columnist named Ignatius spoke to Sullivan and his colleagues.

According to the report, Ignatius was informed by several of Sullivan's colleagues that Sullivan offered to resign, but President Biden urged him to remain as the national security adviser.

The withdrawal from Afghanistan "disrupted the initial harmony" of the Biden administration's national security team, resulting in a disagreement between Sullivan and Secretary of State Blinken.

More than a dozen American service members lost their lives in the 2021 withdrawal, resulting in the Taliban regaining control of Afghanistan.

"According to Sullivan, ending a war like Afghanistan, where there are established dependencies and pathologies, will be complex and challenging. The decision was to either leave, which would not be easy, or stay indefinitely."

Sullivan stated that leaving Kabul allowed the United States to address Russia's invasion of Ukraine more effectively.

Biden's call to remove all U.S. troops from Afghanistan was opposed by the Pentagon, with Ignatius advocating for a residual force of 2,500 in Kabul.

According to Ignatius, Sullivan initially agreed with the Pentagon's concerns, as reported by two of his close advisers.

He aimed to faithfully implement Biden's plan to fully withdraw.

According to Wall Street Journal national security reporter Alex Ward, who penned "The Internationalists," a book detailing the president's foreign policy team, the advisors he interviewed for the book stated that no one tendered their resignation.

The National Security Council and the White House declined to provide comment on the matter.

Sulllivan evaluated his performance towards the end of the interview with Ignatius.

Yes, our alliances are stronger, our enemies are weaker, we kept America out of war, we improved our strategic position in the competition with China while stabilizing the relationship, and we strengthened the engines of American economic and technological power, he stated.