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Which airport to close according to the white house. >> on the tactical decision which is the right airport to have for an evacuation, of course any responsible president would give significant weight to the advice of the commanders on the ground and their advice was to close bagram and focus on kabul. >> officials here at the pentagon are pushing back saying they were ordered to go to zero by the president of the united states, leave a small embassy presence behind and forced to close bagram an...

Tens of thousands of afghan solar is and police officers and tens of thousands more afghan civilians. now we have just concluded the largest air evacuation of civilians in american history. it was heroic. it was historic. and i hope that all americans will unite to thank our service members for their courage and their compassion. they were operating in an immensely dangerous and dynamic environment. but our troops were tireless, fearless and selfless. our commanders never flinched. and our allie...

We will start with you, bob, bob. >> thank you, mr. secretary. looking ahead in afghanistan, a question for both of you could given the experience of the past couple of weeks at the kabul airport where u.s. commanders were coordinating or at least communicating daily with taliban commanders, to an effect that was at times "a very helpful?" at least on a couple of occasions, im wondering what you think these experiences say about the prospects for a united states relationship with the taliban to ...

You think this government is going to look like?— to look like? the taliban have intense debates _ to look like? the taliban have intense debates and - to look like? the taliban have i intense debates and consultations in the city of kandahar, in the spiritual home, this is where the will train their military fighters in the south of the region, so we will have to see how their political leadership of the taliban can come to terms with the new realities that physical and social transformations...

Looking ahead in afghanistan, a question for both of you, but given the experience of the past couple of weeks at the kabul airport where u.s. commanders were coordinating or at least communicating daily with the taliban commanders to an affect that general mackenzie said at times was very helpful, and general milley in your case, you had face-to-face meetings with taliban leaders on a couple occasions, and i am wondering what you think these experiences say about the prospect with the united st...

Book the afghanistan papers. you write about how senior military officials admitted theyre not clearly defined goals in afghanistan. so, sometimes they didnt know who the bad guy was supposed to be. >> thats right. its sort of shocking when you read these documents obtained for the "afghanistan papers" book. they have known for a long time the war wasnt going well. the fact that it dragged on for 20 years is a sign that you arent winning. always an assumption that the people in charge had some k...

>> so seth, i want to play again what general mark milly said about the taliban. here he is. >> we dont know what the future of the taliban is, but i can tell you from personal experience that this is a ruthless group from the past and whether or not they change remains to be seen. >> i mean, the big incentive, seth, for then to change is that their currency is creatored and they need the world to see them as legitimate to have an economy. international lead is half of the economy of afghanistan...

>> thanks for pointing out the dishonesty of this administration. in this case i was told by americans on the ground, that manifests for our aircraft were shared with the taliban commanders meaning lists of both americans and trying to evacuate, they gave it to the taliban. laura: they are downright lying. >> they are downright lying and you cited many, there are many other instances where president biden, either intentional dishonesty or hes out of touch with what is going on on the ground in a...

Confident, no, im not, but i remain optimistic. i feel hope. i do talk to the ordinary taliban in whose eyes i see thirst for peace. i see the taliban commanders in whose eyes i see thirst for peace, stability, good life, and i see taliban leadership in whose eyes i see thirst for it. i see acknowledgement that, in the past a0 years, theres been mistakes made by different groups and all that, including by the taliban, and those mistakes should not be repeated. i see acknowledgement that afghanis...

And money. have been so costly in lives and money-— have been so costly in lives and mone. ., ., ., , and money. you could hear ears ickin: and money. you could hear ears picking up _ and money. you could hear ears picking up all— and money. you could hear ears picking up all over _ and money. you could hear ears picking up all over the _ and money. you could hear ears picking up all over the world - picking up all over the world without commentary. and i guess from within as well because th...