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Attack on the kabul airport. general mackenzie anticipated more attacks. 10 innocent including seven children were killed in the strike. two days after the strike, after the u.s. u.s. troops left kabul. president biden touted the militarys to ability launch these strikes without any friendly forces on the ground. >> we have whats called over-the-horizon capabilities which means we can strike terrorists and targets without american boots on the ground. >> after the strike, u.s. militarys top offi...

Um, i dont know if that fully answered your question, chris. but, you know, we are certainly putting that timeline together with every call that comes in. with people who say i saw them. we worked to confirm it. we have worked with agencies across this country in -- in little towns and big towns and -- and -- and just trying to corroborate, you know, the information that comes in. we get a lot of information that simply isnt credible. >> right. >> but that -- those nuggets that help that timefra...

Two weeks ago, the general in the genius that he is, he called it a righteous strike. you stand by this general tonight? by the way, you should be on administrative leave pending the results of a real investigation as to the seriousness of the charges against him. and take a look. >> where there are others killed? >> yes, there were others killed. if we who they are. we believe the procedures at this point i dont want to influence the outcome of the investigation, but the procedures were correct...

China we know because china has ambitions and it has militaristic ambitions as well. but as far as north korea is concerned, they can do things just to attract attention and much of these testings that we have seen are aimed at that. they want some kind of other countries coming to them and collaborating and saying that, all right, we will give you this and that so please dont continue with your tests. so having said that, one should mention that they tested both ballistic and cruise missiles. c...

That means that the u.s. military aircraft were based in neighboring countries and didnt actually originate in afghanistan prior to the strike. now that theres no u.s. military on the ground there in afghanistan, all future strikes will be from this over-the-horizon presence, and this tragedy really underscores how difficult it will be for the u.s. military to find and target terror groups going forward now that theres no longer military there, but they will also have more limited intelligence g...

An assertion for now, that they can maintain counter terrorism capabilities without having the boots on the ground force that the president has now withdrawn. i think there is a great concern among the experts with whom ive spoken that you are going to see al qaeda resuming its close relationship with the taliban, that it never really was severed and that the terrorist threat has gone up inevitably as a result. you heard the cia director bill burns make that acknowledgment. i think the risk fact...

What do i think is yes, we do need oversight. number two, at least i am relieved that this administration transparently admitted this mistake. we have to be accountable. and even in the fog of war. would he have to be accountable for what we do. we have to be accountable for what we do. i worry a lot about the language we use around war, the euphemisms and we have to take a look at our drone program with over the horizon capabilities, we see over the horizon was not capability, it was tragic, te...

With us. i want to start where she left regarding the over-the-horizon capabilities. what is the value of that tactic right now at this point? >> i think its going to be really difficult for the administration to fight any sort of terrorist group in afghanistan, from bases in the gulf region. these drones require several refuelings to get there. they have limited time on ta station. as their errant drone strike proved we have limited intelligence capability, once our forces have withdrawn from t...

Public would not really care. we will see if the public does care here. but this is certainly a problem. and then, you have, secondarily, the fda issue. >> its also a problem for the future of, you know, events in afghanistan. and, you know, the -- the -- what the administration was saying. well, we have these over-horizon capabilities. you know, we werent able to get a drone strike right in kabul where u.s. forces were still at the airport and where they did have, you know, some intelligence ca...

Because we cant detect threats in afghanistan like we used to and preempt them before they visit us on our shores. >> president biden was pretty proud of that strike, the deadline day for the u.s. withdrawal. >> we have whats called over the horizon capabilities, which means we can strike terrorist and targets without american boots on the ground. we struck isis k remotely. days after they murdered 13 of our servicemembers. >> the truth is u.s. assets wer operating in a very challenging environm...