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Our democracy and the conclusions drawn about january 6 are relevant to whats playing out today. >> eugene, lets be frank. what the committee wants to understand is basically who called the code red. it is abundantly clear it was donald trump. it is abundantly clear. they are just looking for the evidence who told what what when. scavino i thought was the twitter guy. steve bannon was broadcasting to the universe. mark meadows eaps to the justice department have already been turned over to the c...

In the incestuous trumpy world that these other guys didnt know what milley was doing? they hadnt been told after they started making accusations? you dont think anybody clued them in? instead, they just jumped to conclusions, dragged milley through the mud knowing that he followed protocol. and secretary of state pompeo, he was even worse. he was told directly by milley, says the general, and then pretended he didnt know anything. listen. >> unconstitutional incomprehensible and out of line. we...

The secretary should resign and all those kind of things, before the facts come out. i like to try to get to the facts and then make my conclusions and i think thats whats going to be important today, not only for us, but for the american people. >> there is still a number of americans and green cardholders, were talking about residents, people who have lives and had lives in the u.s. for years. and theyre still stuck in afghanistan. i heard from many people who are working to get these folks ou...

Seems to me there would have been a process to convey general millers recommendation to the president. can you share the process and who conveyed general millers recommendation and was that recommendation delivered to both president trump at the time and also to president biden? >> there is a process for delivering recommendations from commanders in the field. i was part of that process. while i have been very clear that i wont give you my recommendation i have given you my view i think you can ...

Said, why she reached the conclusions that she did, and she made a very public announcement about it. i think that did away with so many of these claims that you hear after public charges are made. like, you know, you hear people say, well, its just a he said/she said. well, no, what you have, billy, is not only a full investigation in the cuomo case, but you have a full report, disclosure and transparency. and ultimately we have accountable, and thats what we are looking for. >> finally, can yo...

General millers recommendation to the president. can you share the process and who conveyed general millers rm dags? and was that recommendation delivered to both president trump at the time and also to president biden? >> there is a process for delivering recommendations from commanders in the field. i was part of that process. while ive been clear i wont give you my recommendation, ive given you my view, which you can draw your own conclusions from. and my view is that 2,500 was an appropriate...

European diplomats, diplomats with our closest allies who are concerned about this very thing. we know that americas adversaries watch. they watched the gulf war, made conclusions about american capabilities. they watched americas long involvements in iraq and afghanistan. learned about americas vulnerabilities to fighting insurgencies and so far. we know they watch the exit as well. and the question is, does russia look at u.s. departure from afghanistan and leaving its allies and say, what doe...

Online in the mirror on the internet. everybody has some of that appeal. he didnt read the books, he participated, he is honestly acknowledgin that. what the republican angle would be there. a lot of this reporting, washington post books and elsewhere has used primary sources to paint a ptty damning picture of trump, especially on his way out. >> right. of course republicans are being completely two faced and hypocritical. its all fake news media. if theres anything negative about trump you cant...

0 retake bagram then? >> thank you, senator. you are right, the tempo had picked up significantly. the taliban continued to make advances. our entire chain of command, myself, the chairman, general mckenzie, routinely engaged in after began leadership to encourage them to solidify their defensive plans, to make sure they were providing the right logistics to their troops and stiffen their defenses to no avail. and to compound that, president ghani continued to make changes in the leadership of t...

0 >> thank you, senator. youre right, the tempo upped significantly, the taliban continued to make advances. our entire chain of command, myself, the chairman, general mckenzie, routinely engage the afghan leadership to encourage them to solidify their defensive plans, to make sure they were providing the right logistics to their troop, and further stiffen their defenses. to no avail. to compound that, president ghani continued to make changes in the leadership of the military, and this created ...