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>> absolutely. >> sean: the wars not over. joe said that hes turned the page and that is dealing with a very professional businesslike taliban that are now killing people and torturing women and taking away all of their rights. so joe biden was repeatedly told that our over the horizon capabilities were not sufficient. another lie. he was told and he knew that afghanistan would collapse without u.s. support. he knew abandoning bagram airbase in the middle of the night would leave americans virtu...

A senate committee he had not anticipated the speed of the taliban takeover and warned that al-qaeda could pose a renewed threat to us interests. he was testifying alongside lloyd austin. the us defence secretary. we helped build a state but we could not forge a nation. the fact the afghan army that we and our partners trained simply melted away, in many cases without firing a shot, took us all by surprise and it would be dishonest to claim otherwise. as we built that army and all of its compone...

Take out a terrorist, but we didnt know where the terrorists are. without persistent isr capabilities or reliable intelligence on the ground, thats impossible. we have neither of those now. it doesnt help that we need to fly that drone nearly 1,600 miles to reach afghanistan leaving little time on station or that we have to fly over pakistan, an ally of the taliban who could revoke privileges at any time. none of this is giving us much confidence that this administration can successfully conduct...

I think its important that we know who authorized at what level that we take accountability. i have lived under rules of engagement. i have rules of engagement that i liked and didnt like. ive had to make hard decisions. i dont want to blame some 06 o. i want to know that the rules of engagement or proper -- were proper and followed. i think the strike was done to show that we had over the horizon capabilities. we reported secondary explosion that was not. we reported all kinds of stuff. my next...

Level. youll be talking about the very highest levels of government and any real visibility about whats going on on the ground. >> general milley, did you want to try to address that? >> i wanted to clarify one thing. the 11 november order is actually not the first one. the first one is the doha agreement, which directs going to zero by 1 may. the 11 november order is an accelerated withdrawal to bring it to zero by 15 january so two different -- >> yeah, thats great. thank you. thank you very m...

Successfully in the field. in military applications right now, china and russia have made huge investment in hypersonic weapons. the chinese showed off their capabilities about two years ago in a military parade. and of course the united states have been developing hypersonic capabilities as well. survivors of the 2015 paris attacks and relatives of those who died have testified at the trials of 20 men accused of carrying out the attacks. almost six years after the attacks, the victims and their...

Have classified hearing on the over the horizon capabilities because i spoken individually with all three gentlemen, im very concerned about our counter terrorism capabilities and how to address that. >> we will have multiple hearings on that subject, that is ongoing subject, it is something we need to do soon. thank you. again, we are adjourned. >> you have been watching the hous serves committee going to recess, top military leaders facing grilling by lawmakers on capitol hill today, second st...

Thank you for standing in the breach when so much, including many in this room, failed to do so. >> reporter: the white house said president bidens view of milley has not changed. >> i would say, first, he absolutely has confidence in chairman milley. >> reporter: as for milleys assessment of al qaeda, tonight, white house officials tell cbs news they acknowledge that terrorists are looking for new spaces to grow and regenerate. but they insist that the u.s. has significantly more counter-terror...

Leave in the summer versus going into the next year so ill leave it at that, sir. pending anymore questions. >> i want to know how we now protect the country going forward? cia director and panetta said our national security is threatened by the taliban takeover. one of our missions was to prevent a haven for terrorist groups and weve failed in that mission. the director of the d.i.a. assessed al qaeda could threaten the homeland in one to two years. i agree that over the horizon operations can ...

To the 2500 number >> they were different capability. >> when we went from 2500 down and effective zero we would keep 650. >> they went from 2500 to 650 as i understand it on their way to. >> thats correct. the capabilities were different. they were different forces to do different things. >> crucial point. thank you. >> my first question on june 23 is why have you not started the evacuation of our allies already? you responded we have a moral imperative to save the afghans who worked by our sid...