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Attack. >> commanders will always minimize collateral damage. that is one of the key tenets of how we operate. in this case like mr. kirby said, that this strike prevented a high-profile attack against both coalition u.s. forces and other afghan civilians. and so as we look at the information that we had during the time of the strike, we took all those measures in place and the decision was made to strike and thwart that attack. >> on the five rockets, the u.s. for protective measures engaged th...

Attack. >> commanders will always minimize collateral damage. this is one of the key tenants of what we -- how we operate. in this case, just like mr. kirby said, that this strike prevented a high profile attack against both, you know, coalition and u.s. forces and other afghan civilians. and so as we looked at the information that with he during the time of the strike, we took all of those measures in place and the decision was made to strike and thwart that attack. >> and on the fired rockets,...

Opportunity to thwart that attack. >> commanders always minimize collateral damage. in this case like mr. kirby said, this strike so as we looked at the information that we had at the time of the strike, we took all of those measures in place, and we decided to thwart that. >> so the u.s. protection measures engaged those rockets and apparently it hit one of them or you didnt engage the other ones.

>> as jen psaki put this on friday, this is not a time at the white house for reflection. there is effort being made to make sure the final hours are safe ones where we dont see a repeat of the tragedy we saw last week. the president directing his commanders to prioritize force protection at the moment. we talked about the strike from a drone to neutralize an imminent threat, the rockets headed towards hamid karzai international airport. at every moment he has expressed his sincere belief that t...

>> well, im not surprised that isis, which seems to be behind these attacks is continuing to try to breach the security perimeter and kill people. and im also not surprised that the u.s. has developed ways of countering these threats. im not surprised that they worked. the military is very, very good at that kind of thing. what is interesting to me, though, is where the intelligence came from. i mean, its possible that theres actually a sort of live relationship between taliban commanders, talib...

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President and our top commanders, both in the field and, of course, the chairman of the joint chiefs and secretary of defense. and i know that theyre taking every possible precaution to keep our men and women safe. but this is the most dangerous time in an already extraordinarily dangerous mission, these last couple of days so we will do everything possible to keep people safe but the risk is very high. >> thats secretary of state antony blinken warning of another threat. rocket fire apparently ...

Find out what im made of. were just getting started. brian: our commanders are not worthy of our war fighters. that is abundantly clear. they have made mistakes. people make mistakes. they are refusing to fix them and letting our people die behind enemy lines and it takes retired men and women to get them out. when in your lifetime have you ever heard that? that lieutenant colonel is exactly the frustration of so many people that have contacted us in uniform and by the way, we cant get nancy pel...

Coordination. i will let them speak nap is not a u.s. military function. >> s that only indicative of fewer people coming off or is it flights filling up with equipment or supplies. >> we are reaching the end of our mission, so commanders with the outflowing of requirements to complete the mission. >> is there still people around the airport? >> assets as we talked about, assets available are not going to get into the details of what is flying and what there is, but the commanders that are fulfi...

Fulfilling the last part of this mission have all the assets they need in the air and on the ground where they are at to complete the mission safely. >> evacuation operations are dangerous. the end of them, particularly one in an environment that we cant consider clearly permissive are particularly dangerous. and the commanders on the ground have the resources they need to enact appropriate force protection. >> what is more dangerous now than there was two weeks ago? >> its not that we are not s...