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Ranger that served in afghanistan and he agrees. >> theres more of those folks in the country right now than we have the capability to evacuate between now and the end of the month. thats why the mission must be extended. >> chairman adam smith is skeptical about airlifting everyone out by next week. >> i did ask about the 31st deadline. that is still the goal. i was very specific. need to have a plan to go past the 31st. they assured me that they do. >> theres no plan to claim the military equi...

>> we went to afghanistan for the express purpose of getting rid of al qaeda in afghanistan as well as getting usama bin laden. and we did. >> it seems safe to say that if donald trump were still president, many in the mainstream press wouldve called but a flat out lie. even bidens own teen acknowledged his statement was on its face not entirely accurate, dominic. he said he was referring to al qaedas capability to attack the united states which the intelligence community tells us a day is not p...

Good one for the taliban. and its a mistake to conflate the fact that we probably should have been long gone years, maybe decades ago with the notion that we may need another week to remove -- to do something which is almost sacred in its importance which is that we dont leave people behind. garrett, thats a moral issue. thats a moral issue. its also a tactical issue. this is not the last time the united states is going to need the assistance of locals on the ground. and if the story two months ...

>> we run effective counter-terrorism operations around the world where we know terrorism is more of a threat than it is today in afghanistan, without any permanent military presence on the ground. and we can and will do the same thing in afghanistan. with our over the horizon counter terrible capability. >> peter: the presidents remarks this evening were in the roosevelt room, a smaller venue than where he normally speaks. easier to try get a question in so did i present him what is a simple q ...

The deadline. i will miss some of these so walk me back. you are right, there has been no change to the timeline of the mission to have this completed by the end of the month. we continue to make progress every day in getting americans, as well as siv applicants and vulnerable afghans out. you heard the numbers that the general briefed just a minute ago and the vast majority of these individuals are afghans. so we remain committed to getting any and all americans that want to leave to get them o...

Theres an opportunity for a public/private partnership. the pieces arent in place yet but im hoping theres this center set up for civil military relations with these folks that have this desire to help. america is a wonderful country with hugely empathetic and sympathetic folks that want to help so i really hope we do that. that needs to happen soon. theres some simple issues that need to be addressed. there are people with airplanes and capability that are ready to go in and help, but the burea...

Days? >> clearly the risk level has increased as we continue to see the surge of the civilians towards the airport. look, you have this unholy trinity of isis and the taliban and al-qaeda thats in afghanistan. they are not necessarily on the same page. the u.s. troop numbers are drawing down, so the risk profile goes up in terms of their vulnerability. thats going to -- that makes it available to isis-k. but this is a nonpermissible, nonevacuation operation. it could either be per missive or non...

Like i say were still planning on end of the month, were not going to provide a tiktok every day of exactly what were moving out and at what pace. so that we could limit vulnerabilities in the information space and in the actual physical space of the airport as we move out. but it is all done in a very careful methodical way so that you could preserve as much capability to the very end that you need and as well as security, for our folks an the people that we are trying to safely evacuate. but i...

Like i said were still planning on the end of the month. we wont be able to provide a tik tok every day what were moving out and at what pace so we can limit vulnerabilities in the information space and the actual physical space of the airport as we move out. it is all done in a very careful, methodical way to preserve as much capability to the very end as you need as well as security. not just the security for our folks but the security for the people we are trying to safely evacuate. ill turn ...

Those who are here from allied forces rely on the u.s. military. this would not be possible without the u.s. air force and the ability to basically air lift this amount of people. no one else has that kind of capability. so its ultimately up to the white house as to how long everyone stays here. the other nations will have to leave before the united states because they are so dependent on the u.s. air force. >> jane ferguson, thank you very much. appreciate it. with me now, malcolm nance. i do...