forces to 2,500 and publicly indicated his intent to complete the withdrawal if he had been reelected and i think chairman milley, you mentioned the ten november 2020 withdrawal of troops by 15 january 2020 which was rescinded and the 17 novemb0 by 19 january. is that correct? >> it was a memo dated 11 november, two days after the secretary was fired. on the 17th it was rescinded. the first memo said go to 0 in the seconds and go to 2500. >> thank you. were you consulted on the decisions to open negotiations away with the taliban to the exclusion of the afghan government, general? >> very, very late in the game, days before the signing. >> general milley, where their concrete plans for withdraw from the previous administration that