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Stands to reason that the commanders would lay the ground for that -- >> we all heard the same comment from the president to ensure that we use all the capability we have to meet the mission. >> as of now, theyre not asking for that specifically or planning for that? >> as of this point. you said two things. you said planning and asking. as i always said, prudent military planning is always continuously happening. were always forecasting for those types of things. request? no. that hasnt yet. we...

To have appropriate warning, should there be that kind of level threat coming from afghanistan towards the homeland. and we have also the capability in the region to deal with that. >> thank you. >> thank you. the president also suggested that extending the perimeter outside of al qaeda might put u.s. troops at too great a risk. it was no the clear if the risk is with the taliban or with groups like al qaeda or isis. can you talk about that risk and is it because there was some sort of agreement...

Terrorists began to accumulate in a particular area in afghanistan to plot against the united states of america. thats why we retained an over the horizon capability to go in and do something about that if that occurs. in the meantime, we know its happening. we know its happening in terms of whats going on in other countries where there is a significant rise of terrorist organizations in the middle eas and east africa and other places . the bottom line is we have to do , we are dealing with thos...

Comment from the president today to ensure that we use all the capability we have to meet the mission. >> so as of now, theyre not asking for that specifically? or planning for that? >> as of this point -- you just said two things, planning and asking. as i always said, prudent military planning is always continuously happening. were always forecasting for those type of things and planning for that. request, no. i can report that hasnt yet -- we have not received those. >> general, are these rea...

>> the u.s. is sticking to a plan at the airport as other countries move to get their people out. we were told we arent going into that country outside of the airport. remarkable statement. >> pentagon press secretary john kirby asked just how many americans are still stuck behind taliban lines. >> the state department would be a better place to go for an estimate of how many americans are in and around kabul. not a figure the united states military would know. >> nearly 6,000 u.s. troops on the...

Staff has, trying to get our american employees out and now were still trying to get our afghan colleagues who helped us out. its been very frustrating, and itsru also very disturbing. but, you know, the job of an i.g. is not to make friends. its to make truth to power, and thats what weve done. im a bit frustrated that after all these reports weve written that people are now saying theyre surprised at the outcome of the afghan security forces. weve been identifying serious, serious problems wit...

The decision was made to complete the draw down. obviously, were still going to maintain an over watch vigilance with respect to counter terrorism threat and if we need to, well take action to eliminate and defeat that threat. >> you just said you dont have intelligence on the ground in afghanistan. how will you have over watch? >> what i said is we dont have the degree of dexterity to give you a led head count, a nose co. nobody is walking away from the fact they arent there. were going to main...

Obviously were still going to maintain an overwatch vigilance with respect to the counter terrorism threat out of afghanistan. if we need to, we will take action to eliminate and defeat that threat. >> you just said that you dont have intelligence on the ground in afghanistan. how will you have overwatch and you still have al-quaida in the country? >> i said we dont have the degree of intelligence to give you a head count a nose count of how many fighters in afghanistan. nobody is walking away f...

20 years if there is no national interest in afghanistan. >> we had a significant interest in being in afghanistan to our national security 20 years ago. >> and, bret, we have just learned new details after being told all day that u.s. troops were not leaving the airport. did not have permission to go and rescue americans inside kabul or outside of kabul. we have just learned from the pentagon press secretary that three chinook helicopters carried out a rescue mission about 200 yards from the ai...

Air field, we would examine those options, weigh the benefits versus the risks and offer up opportunities to the secretary to make a recommendation and we would go from there. >> so now just to make sure i understand what youre saying, for the first time, this many days in to the operation, the u.s. military has the capability and capacity to go into kabul and get americans for the first time? >> we have additional capacity now as we have a flown additional forces in. as i said earlier, im not g...