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Of course from a military perspective in terms of the retrograde of the people and the equipment, that planning was done by central command and certainly principally by general miller, very detailed planning. and then we came back and briefed the entire interagency on the details of that plan. >> okay. so the military planned the evacuation. did president biden follow your advice on executing on the evacuation plan? >> he did. >> did president biden give you all the resources that you needed? >>...

General milley, was this an extraordinary success? >> theres two operations, senator. >> just yes or no. i have a lot of questions. was this an extraordinary success? >> senator, with all due respect, theres two operations. theres the retrograde, which miller was in charge of, and the n neo, which centcom was in charge of. the retrograde was executed and ended by mid-july with a residual force to defend the embassy. the neo -- >> you and i have discussed this. would you use the term extraordinar...

Todays extraordinary hearing on capitol hill. its rare to have the presidents top military advisors disagree publicly with the commander-in-chief but thats exactly what we saw today. top pentagon leaders admitted the sudden fall in kabul in august caught them offguard. mark milley admitted u.s. credibility is being questioned by our allies, and as for whether the u.s. can prevent al quaida and i.s.i.s. from using afghanistan as a launching pad for new terror attacks, the head of central command ...

Good evening and its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. and we begin tonight with the grilling on capitol hill today. americas top military leaders pressed on the chaotic and deadly withdrawal from afghanistan. and appearing to contradict president biden when they revealed that their advice was to leave a small u.s. troop force in afghanistan. president biden telling george stephanopoulos right here that no one said we should keep 2,500 troops. he said no one said that to me that...

If youre reshaping that strategy every year one year at a time, then that has consequences. so i think thats something we have to go back and look at. and we also have to look at the impact, the effect of the corruption that was in the environment, weak leadership, changes in leadership, and a number of factors. >> i want to build on that because i think thats important, secretary austin. general milley, when you commanded nato ground forces in afghanistan eight years ago, you called 2013 a crit...

Military perspective in terms of the retrograde of the people and the equipment, that planning was done by central command and certainly principally by general miller. very detailed planning and then we came back and briefed the entire interagency on the details of that plan. >> okay. so the military planned the evacuation. did president biden follow your advice on executing on the evacuation plan? >> he did. >> did president biden give you all the resources that you needed? >> from my view, he ...

President biden? >> i dont discuss exactly what my conversations are with the sitting president in the oval office, but i can tell you what my personal opinion was and im always candid. >> reporter: that contradicts what president biden told george stephanopoulos just over a month ago. >> so, no one -- your military advisers did noll tell you, no, we should just keep 2,500 troops. its been a stable situation for the last several years. we can do that. we can continue to do that. >> no. no one sa...

Develop test manufacture. todd: top press will appear today before senate lawmakers before the exit from afghanistan. the chairman of the joint chiefs general mark millie and central command general frank mckenzie face tough questions about why americans were left behind, the technical 13 us service members, the restaurant strike that killed 10 innocent civilians including 7 kids by mistake. >> possibly searching for the suspect who disgraced and stolen american flag, video shows him ripping the...

Then of course from a military perspective in terms of the retrograde of the people and the equipment, that was -- that planning was done by central command and certainly principally by general miller. very detailed planning and then we came back and briefed the entire interagency on the details of that plan. >> so kay. -- so the military planned the evacuation. did president biden follow your advice on executing on the evacuation plan? >> he did. >> did president biden give you all the resource...

0 why wasnt action taken to secure the kabul airport or retake bagram then? >> thank you, senator. youre right, the tempo had picked up significantly, yet the taliban continued to make advances. our entire chain of command, myself, the chairman, general mckenzie routinely engaged the afghan leadership to encourage them to solidify their defensive plans, to make sure they were providing the right logistics to their troops and further stiffen their defenses, to no avail. to compound that, presiden...