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In real time and they failed to respond appropriately. your previous guest also talked about the fact that we gave up bagram airbase, better airbase, better situated two airfields to be able to take more people out. they completely failed to do that. rachel: yeah. one of the parents of one of the fallen soldiers who died in, at that airport said listen im a carpenter. i could see this coming. this was a terrible situation. youre right about that. now you filed legislation to make sure that the u...

Vehicle borne explosive we, potentially even getting in the airport and detonating. they are still worried about the with fact, and this is in many airfields of afghanistan, rockets. they are afraid of rockets stopping the evacuation efforts or, worst-case scenario, firing a rocket and potentially taking out a civilian airliner. >> you know, courtney, how can the military protect against an attack without slowing down the fact creation, which is now in its waning days, closing days? >> that is o...

Americans out, how dangerous would that be? >> hey, weve been at this, you know, far too long, and we know this environment far too well. we have units designed to tackle this exact problem setting. we have the 82nd airborne out of fort bragg, and you have the ranger regiment. the 82nd airborne is designed to handle contingency crisis around the world within 18 hours. there could be multiple psakis going over there right now with those units and securing the airfield. we look back in history and...

You former navy seal, he said we are capable of doing this, but the idea that we are giving lists of names to the taliban? and the media, by the way, did not get around to asking that question until about four questions in today. >> no, you know -- well, thank you, laura, for having me on, and thanks for all that you do. first of all, this is a complete -- the only word that comes to mind is "incompetence," from start to right now. i came out last week saying what we needed to do, we need to do ...

Would want bagram back. its got two airfields compared to hamid karzais international airport which only has one. so i understand the reason why youd want to have it. and id also be curious to know who recommended to the president that bagram should be closed and given up to know because ultimately the president decides even though he took the recommendation, thats his decision. but the reality is youd have to surge troops into afghanistan, which could possibly be another risk. you could have ev...

Did not come through sufficiently. so it may have been the administrations only choice, perhaps thats what they would argue. they do control the country. the taliban won, in effect. but it was not an effective result. it was certainly not the result that they or anybody else wanted to see. >> listen, i dont think anyone thinks this is just off the cuff. the president was pretty definitive about this saying that the u.s. will find the people responsible for this. that is a pretty big test since w...

If it is not, we will tell them to hold and work on other ways to get them to the airfields. we are committed to getting people out. >> todays attacks were the first u.s. combat related deaths in afghanistan since february 8th of 2020. 565 days ago. with that, lets bring in our starting line on this thursday, yamiche alcindor, pbs correspondent for pbs, moderator of washington week. white house reporter for the associated press. james laporta well for the associated press, notably a marine veter...

Recommendation. >> and now here for both jim and members of our audience some of the republican critics on the same topic. >> i think we should retake more airfields throughout the country. it will take troops on the ground. it will take a complete reassessment of our strategy, but the military can do it. >> what i personally would like to see, andrea, is the united states take back the airport we never should have abandoned and stay there until we get every afghan and american out. >> id get ev...

In other words, because you dont have u.s. military boots on the ground, you dont have u.s. intel assets on the ground. you also dont have airfields anymore to fly the drones and other aircraft from a close distance. you have to do all of that from over the horizon. bill burns testified recently saying we have less capability. we cant get the same intel without being up close and personal as it were. so as the president has made this vow and the military working on carrying it out, this will be ...

Value added, and it was much wiser to focus on capitol. so i followed that recommendation. we >> hear, now for both chairman members of our audience, some of the republican critics on the same topic. >> i think we should reach more airfields throughout the country. that will take troops on the ground, it will take a complete reassessment of our strategy. but the military can do. it >> would i personally would like to say, andrea, is the united states take back the airport, we should not have a b...