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>> we have to be attune to the possibility that isis-k or any other group within afghanistan would look to extend its reach beyond afghanistan itself. the intelligence community has briefed us over time that their current capability to threaten the homeland is not there but thats a capability theyre seeking and well continue to pay close attention to that. >> dana: general, your thoughts on that. >> well, he just provided the justification for why we should have kept a modest force inside afghan...

The time. a lot of people have been fooled for a long time about joe biden. he his image has been -- on foreign policy, an old hand, steady, all that is on the window when you see what hes really like. in great britain, youre seeing headlights questioning his cognitive capability, especially since there was that footage of him seemingly falling asleep during a meeting with the israeli prime minister. there just is feeling that hes out of it, hes not up to it, hes too old. hes not smart enough. a...

To the airport on monday. the us says an anti—missile system intercepted up to five rockets. the islamic state group says it was responsible. heres the latest update from the pentagon. there is still an active threat. in various ways that we have to be prepared for. but i would tell you without getting into specific systems and their availability, which i think you would understand why we wouldnt, we continue to have and will maintain the capability to protect ourselves and defend ourselves as...

Final planes that are leaving and the control the c-ram is playing. will the c-ram be left behind since its vital to protect the planes leaving. what happens to the c-ram after it goes? >> we assess as the general said that theres still an active threat in various ways we have to are prepared for. what i will tell you without getting into specific systems and their availability which i think you can understand why we wouldnt, well maintain the capability to protect ourselves and defend ourselves...

Almost overnight. there was simply flo way to predict that. >> i have questions on the gates. are any of the gates still open and are any of the gates under taliban control. >> i think right now as we get into the -- this is always a dangerous operation. but were in a particularly dangerous time right now. i think you could understand. that were not going to be detailing the status of any particular gate right now. as the general said, we still have the ability and the capability to conduct evac...

Have the authority to continue to conduct attacks or does that have to go to the president on a case by case basis. . >> the commander has the authorities that he needs now. i will say this, i oent talk about how the polt is going forward, but to say that the entire military chain of command understands the existence of this threat and the possibilities of this threat to continue to exist over time and we have the capability to deal with it. >> following up on the contacts with the taliban, has ...

Into detail our commanders on the ground will remain in communication taliban— ground will remain in communication taliban leaders around the airfield to de—conflict and to prevent miscalculations and misunderstandings and so far that communication has been effective. this applies to the withdrawal that is going _ this applies to the withdrawal that is going on— this applies to the withdrawal that is going on right _ this applies to the withdrawal that is going on right now? _ this applies...

>> on what basis in the over the horizon capability are you making assessments on civilian casualties, how is that being done? >> because were certainly, were looking at a variety of means of information and were obviously collecting open press reporting and that would include discussions with the taliban about what they might be seeing. >> can i get more clarity on why we cant get the names of the isis-k suspects that were hit on thursday. im having a hard time understanding. they were describe...

The war we have been fighting in afghanistan, that is going to end. and it is going to end very soon here. but what is not going to end is our commitment especially here at the defense department to protect the american people from threats. and particularly from any terrorist threat that could emanate from afghanistan again. and as i said, to my -- the previous answer, you could see in just the last 24, 36 hours that we do have an effective over the horizon counter-terrorism capability. weve emp...

The 82nd airborne division and my ground force commander there. and he was accompanied by ambassador ross wilson. the state and defense team were in fact the last people to step on the airplane. so what has happened over the last 12 or 18 hours is we first of all we were intent on maintaining the ability to bring out americans and other afghans as long as we could. so we kept that capability until just a few hours ago. and we were able to bring ut some people earlier in the day. although we had ...