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Ourselves tough questions about the wider war itself and pause to think about the lessons that weve learned over the past 20 years. did we have the right strategy? did we have too many strategies? did we put too much faith in our ability to build effective afghan steetion, an army, an air force, a police force and government ministries? we helped build a state but we could not forge a nation. the fact that the afghan army that we and our partners trained simply melted away in many cases without ...

Or not the taliban can consolidate power or if the country will fracture to civil war. we must continue to protect the united states of america people from terrorist attacks from afghanistan. with aspirations to attack the united states is a very real possibility and those conditions to include activity in ungoverned spaces could present themselves in the next 12 to 36 months. that mission will be much harder now but not impossible and well continue to protect the american people. strategic deci...

Now, i dont know anything about the groups involved in this but my understanding is the fbi is investigating did they do something wrong by tryingd to fill the void because joe biden abandoned u them? >> well, i dont know what they could have possibly done wrong, sean, and if they are wrong, i dont want to be right, because youve had thousands of americans over the last 45 days who have joined together, battle buddies who have reconnected from their time in service, trying to get out the afghans...

There is a clear gap there which you can be sure republican senators are going to press at, because of what he said. the other thing about these committee hearings that often happens is it becomes very partisan. the fire that the military commanders were under was both from friendly and hostile sources. there is huge displeasure atjoe bidens handling of all of this. 457 a57 british soldiers were killed in afghanistan, most in helmand province, which saw some of the heaviest fighting of the confl...

In the fall of apostolate 20 and made consistent throughout that we should keep a steady state of 2500, could bounce up to 3500. >> sean: i dont show the personal opinions i have with the president, and less of course her name is bob woodward or rob costa. by the way, jen psaki, care to circle back and explain this? was joe biden lying? were you lying? we dont need covid test because they are not going to be here very long. youre telling a lot of lies in that white house. >> the presence at his ...

Country. now, i dont know anything about the groups involved in this but my understanding is the fbi is investigating did they do something wrong by trying to fill the void because joe biden abandoned them? >> well, i dont know what they could have possibly done wrong, sean, and if they are wrong, i dont want to be right, because youve had thousands of americans over the last 45 days who have joined together, battle buddies who have reconnected from their time in service, trying to get out the a...

That were presented to the national security team. the welcome advice ultimately its up to the commander-in-chief to make a decision. he made a decision to end a 20-year war. >> during today senate hearing the commanders also offered their assessment of the rapid research of the taliban. >> we all watched with alarm the images of afghans rushing the runway, in our aircraft. we all remember the scenes of confusion outside the airport. but within 48 hours our troops restored order. they in our com...

And vulnerable christians and others out. we didnt get american citizens that wanted out. this is not a logistical success. this is a series of reckless political decisions made by president biden when he ignored the advice of his commanders and he needs to be held accountable. these military officers should be held accountable, too, for not pushing back hard enough or making big statements by resigning because they say im not going to put our troops and the american lives at risk by these fooli...

Both chambers. and the nations top military commanders are on capitol hill for a second day. the houses turn and republicans are seizing on disagreements between the white house and the military on the decision to withdraw and the timing of it and the chaos that ensued. welcome to "meet the press daily" im chuck todd and happy hump day to you. the president and democrats have something of a five alarm political fire on their hands which means theyre looking to the leader of their party, the ...

Successfully pass through taliban perimeter into hkia gate? >> that is very specific question, ill have to come back to you on the record, i exactly back to you. >> thank you. when did the last afghan civilian pass through the gate? >> same thing, hours before, i will come back with exact time. >> how many individuals successfully passed through the taliban perimeter in 72 hours preceding the departure of the final flight? >> probably in the low hundreds, ill come back with exact number. >> than...