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0 have. the question they ask is why were we so unprotected on january 6 and what has changed since then? getting to the bottom of those questions should be the top priority for all of us in this house. there are serious security vulnerabilities that have been not addressed by this house in 11 months after january 6, and this is what the majority has decided to spend its time on. holding a private citizen who wasnt even part of the administration at the time in contempt for refusing to comply wi...

Taiwan, joe biden is not lifting a finger. what should he be doing? >> what we did for four years, sean, was make clear to the people of taiwan that we would be there to support them, to provide what they needed so they could defend themselves and we made clear to the chinese communist party that it was totally unacceptable if they took military action against the island of taiwan. those two things, president trump was very clear, prepared to defend. they could see we did that elsewhere in the w...

Ambitions to reunify with taiwan, joe biden is not lifting a finger. what should he be doing? >> what we did for four years, sean, was make clear to the people of taiwan that we would be there to support them, to provide what they needed so they could defend themselves and we made beer to the chinese communist party that it was totally unacceptable if they took military action against the island of taiwan. those two things, president trump was very clear, prepared to defend. did that elsewhere i...

Deal, how much have our adversaries looked at that and thought it was a sign of weakness or incompetence? >> yeah, incompetence is where im looking. whether the administration had their act together. of course, its the first year. in fairness, its the first year of the administration. biden made a lot of promises on foreign policy, that he was going in a different direction. the afghanistan debacle makes people wonder whether biden has the right people in place to implement his foreign policy to...

General jack keene spoke with harris and said the administration has a lot to answer for. >> everybody who has seen this debacle knows we made profound system and process mistakes. we have to figure out why we didnt get our american citizens and green card holders and sivs out of there sooner and our other afghan partners. >> harris, i am glad the state department is investigating. a lot to investigate. why afghans were walking off u.s. military bases and looking into biden saying the embassy wo...

A lot f people who have been skeptical of bush and cheney said there must be something here because powell is saying it. and the iraq war i think had a huge role in destroying that kind of trust in any value day tors,. that brings us to the place we are no. theres no one who could go on tvr and say believe me about these vaccines and it would bring the whole country along. >> that is such a great point, and i think the landscape we find ourselves in is poorer for it generally speaking but also s...

Age of 84, from covid related complications. and what youll be reading and hearing about a lot i think lately, is how his career was marred as -- speech he gave in 2003 at the united nations. where he made the bush administrations for case for invading iraq. after the -- it became clear that iraq did not have the weapons of mass destruction that mr. powell had described in his speech before the world. and in much of his argument had been made on faulty intelligence. but powell is one of the few ...

>> he maintained a level of -- he was able to rise before. >> an idea that i think so many in the national security circles, i think fondly after the debacle and he really rise and he had the successful navigation in world war ii. hes associated with the marshal plan and you look atgeneral powell, hes managing to hit that kind of apex and so few, other military leaders and political leaders ever hit. >> all right, i want to bring in dr. vin gupta.

. colin powell was a singular figure of our time. to my mind he had one of the most interesting public lives in recent memory. born to jamaican immigrants, grew up in the south bronx, served 35 years as a soldier, rosed to absolute highest ranks and today powell died at the age of 84 from covid related complications and what you will be reading and hearing about a lot i think rightly is how his career was marred as "the new york times" put it in a speech he gave in 2003 at the united nations w...

Safe, far less safe than we were in 2001 and this cancer that spreading in afghanistan that you saw in those photos is going to spread outside of afghanistan. iow for one, i feel rick feels e same way are not going to wait until we have another pulse night club or san bernardino, or right now it taliban caliphate thatll create another 9/11. >> claims that he has all the leverage in that taliban are professional and candid and businesslike. is that how you characterize them? >> absolutely not. i ...