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Enumerating other lies in hearing with the secretary of state. mr. secretary, what were listening to on the other side of the aisle, sadly, is a salad mix of selective facts and a lot of amnesia in the salad dressing. the history of instability in afghanistan didnt begin on august 14th of this year, did it? >> it did not. >> am i correct in remembering that in fact, it could trace direct routes to 1977, 1978 when there was a communist coup and the president of afghanistan was assassinated in the...

Of state. mr. secretary, what were listening to in the other sued of the aisle sadly is sort of a salad mix of selective facts and a lot of amnesia in the salad dressing. the history of instability in afghanistan didnt begin on august 14th of this year, did it? >> it did not. >> am i correct in remembering that nkt you could trace direct routes to 1977, 1978 when there was a communist coup and the president of afghanistan was assassinated in the presidential palace. is that correct? >> it is. >>...

0 legitimizing them as a real government? >> not only us but virtually the sp entire international community has made clear what we expect and will insist on from the taliban if they want to see any support and that include, it starts with freedom of travel. we have been intensely engaged with turkey and qatar to get the airport in kabul up and running again which is now the case. were working on that every day. >> thank you. i yield back. >> thank you. mr. secretary we requested such a classifi...

0 are you negotiating with that taliban on the issue of legitimizing them as a real government? >> not only us but virtually the entire international community has made clear what we expect and insist on from the taliban. if they want to seek any legitimacy or support. it starts with freedom of travel. weve been intensely engaged with turkey and qatar to get the airport in kabul up and running again, which is now the case. we started to get flights out last week with american citizens on board. ...

0 legitimizing them as a real government? >> not only us, but virtually the entire international community has made clear what we expect and will insist on from the taliban. if they want to seek any legitimacy or any support. and that includes, it starts with freedom of travel. so we have been intensely engaged with turkey in qatar to get the airport in kabul up and running again which is now the case. we started to get flights out last week. and with regard to sharif, youre correct. there are f...

Area, on that floor. and honestly speaking, i cant say -- okay, later on, i knew, yes, she was killed that day. when it was happening, i didnt want to believe that. i didnt want to believe. >> how long did it take you to -- to come to believe it? >> years. >> wow. >> yes. i would think -- >> so, what did you tell yourself? >> my mom was out there. she was out there -- um -- maybe had amnesia. and then, was released from the hospital. i had a whole story in my head. and she was out there living l...

Come to believe it? >> years. >> wow. >> yes. >> so what did you tell yourself? >> my mom was out there. she was out there, maybe had amnesia and then was released from the hospital. i had a whole story in my head. and she was out there living life, happy. >> i understand that. >> yep. >> to suddenly then discover this, i mean personally your moms name is dorothy morgan. >> right. >> and you didnt -- over the years youve never been to ground zero, is that correct? >> i have not. i will go for th...

Amnesia. that day our nation met the worst of humanity with the best of humanity. the firefighters and police officers and passengers on flight 93 set an enduring example of what courage in a democracy looks like. they ran toward danger, to help other people. people they didnt know. they ran into the fire, showing a selfless commitment to the common good in a time of crisis. ive always resisted calling the attacks of 9/11 a tragedy. it was an act of war. tragedies are self-inflicted. but that br...

Complete and immediate shutdown of muslims coming to the united states. that would have been nonsensical if he had said something like that before 9/11. >> also he advocated withdrawing from afghanistan. spencer, you have been carrying the flag of 9/11 on, the firefighters and all. im wondering if you think the country might have some 9/11 amnesia? >> the thing that keeps coming back to me is the people who jumped from the towers. if you were standing down on the street and you saw that and then...

And its usually easy to tell if people are heeding that advice by the look of the evacuation or not, and sometimes living in coastal states we take for granted that this is another storm and we will be able to survive it, and we ask that people never let their guard down. >> i was just going to ask you about that very thing. i am from south florida, and i know over time with every new set of snow birds that moves to town, theres amnesia that kick in, where people forget the past hurricanes and p...