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In the country. i dont know the answer to that. if it is possible, i would think they would keep that option on the table. >> that was my next question, so thank you for that. the question is, general, without u.s. forces on the ground, as john mentioned, do you think the u.s. can still fulfill their promise to get all of these people evacuated? >> i do. don, the military has the capability to do an awful lot of things, many of which the american public dont realize. there are areas around afgha...

Thank you for that. the question is, though, general, without u.s. forces on the ground as john mentioned, do you think the u.s. can still fulfill their promise to get all of these people evacuated? >> i do, don, because, you know, the military has the capability to do an awful lot of things, many of which the american public dont realize. there are areas around afghanistan that can be used to launch operations. thats the so-called over the horizon capability. its not just striking at terrorists...

The capability to do things that theyre not having right now as weve seen from all the humvees driving around kabul in the films lately. those are all former afghan national army humvees. so, yeah, am i concerned about it? yeah, because ive seen lists of the kinds of things that weve given to the afghan national army and the security forces, and theres a bunch of stuff. and its unfortunate that its now fallen into the hands of taliban. >> john, more than 123,000 people were evacuated in 18 days....

An impact on the ground. theres an investigation ongoing. >> are you confidence that in the two drone strikes that terrorists were killed in both strikes? >> i believe that was the assessment by centcom. >> lets start with ida. president obama as you remember, build the capability back up. are we at some point where some parts of the gulf coast, specifically new orleans and that area could be placed in another category to help rebuild yet again because of the devastation of ida? >> april, ill sa...

Military sales to the afghan national army and the afghan security forces. unfortunately on many of the bases throughout afghanistan, those weapons were locked up for the use by the afghan military. so did we leave them for the taliban? no, we did not. we either sold or gave them to our afghan partners throughout the last couple years. im very concerned not so much about the aircraft because the taliban wont be flying those aircraft that you saw in that propaganda video theyve already posted. as...

We love or even the people we dont love, just our fellow citizens. i hope youre right. as a matter of fact, i just spoke to someone youll hear very shortly who is an american citizen stuck in afghanistan. and part of the things were talking about right now. she went for 20 hours without using the restroom, without sleeping, without eating, without drinking trying to get to that gate at the airport and get out of there. no such luck still. >> now, they can talk the talk. well still work with the ...

>> don, i would only state that might be the wrong term to use. the military didnt leave weapons behind. there were sales to the afghan security forces, and unfortunately through many of the bases throughout afghanistan, those weapons were locked up for use by the afghan military. did we leave them for the taliban? no, we did not, we sold or gave them to our afghan partners over the years. im concerned not so much about the aircraft, because the taliban wont be flying those aircraft that you saw...

Themselves, that would be a huge distraction. oh, by the way, will help us collect more intelligence. >> does al qaeda as it currently stands today in afghanistan, as well as isis-k, do they have the capability today to carry out attacks overseas, including on the u.s. homeland? >> i dont think so as things stand today, but thats not to say that couldnt evolve. but at this moment, i dont believe they do. >> the u.s. strategy going forward to handle that threat as the president has often said, as...

Collectors within the environment, its much more difficult to collect information and target specific terrorist groups or terrorist individuals. but that doesnt mean that its ended. there is a spectrum of the capability to hit lots of targets or key specific targets. i think youre going to see the kinds of things that will allow us to hit key targets but not be as -- well, lets say as overt as weve been in the past in terms of targeting specific groups. >> i know you feel differently. no you fee...

Get flight links out, to have the kinds of certification they need for international travel, for even national travel within afghanistan, to get certified. so thats going to be challenging. but again, i would just say simply that the u.s. military has the capability to do quite a few things. >> general, i want to put this video up, i want you to check out this video, its from "l.a. times" correspondents, showing the taliban at a hangar at the airport, examining copters. the u.s. says it removed ...