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0 in the attack on the 26. >> in classified, id like to know that. i dont understand. i went to union public high school 1100. my math. 11,015,000 u.s. citizens. that leaves thousands, not hungry left -- not hundreds left. we have people calling us wanting to get out, u.s. citizens not allowed to get in the gate or kicked off the base are not allowed out. we have to get our folks home. i yield back. thank you. mr. chairman. >> general milley come i want to thank you for your 42 years of service,...

We gave up the best base in that area. just amazing to me that were going to have to go back and hopefully -- what are your thoughts about it action we end it up here, secretary austin? >> i dont think its preordained that were going to have to go back, senator. i will tell you, what you heard us say, that we recognize that trans national terrorists will migrate to ungoverned spaces. were committed to not allowing al-quaida to regenerate and be able to export terror from afghanistan to the unite...

Have worked with us. were going to continue to work on this and again, one of my major directates focused on this and will work with the committee on this. if you have further requirements. thanks for your support in this regard. >> thank you. i know each of us probably have folks who contacted our office seeking help and verifying employer as contractor issue not just under dod, but with state. talk about mark feariks. military operations have ended, mr. mark is being held hostage in afghanista...

U.s. and taliban negotiators discussed my constituent and talked about a deal for his freedom. "there are attempts between political bureau and united states envoy we hope will be success envelope this regard, we must continue to press for his swift and safe return, this must be priority for our government," and in august, pentagon spokesperson stated dod is laser-focused on returning him home safe to his family. i know from our numerous conversations issue including yesterday about my constitue...

Focused military mission into vast nation-building campaign. importantly this commission must produce actionable recommendations designed to guide the develop of real reforms just as the 9/11 commissions were informed congressional law making efforts in the years after its publication. secretary austin, would you agree with me that such an independent, long-term study could serve as an effective complementary effort to the more targeted lessons learned reviews that dod always conducts, particula...

>> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary austin, im going to go back to my question earlier about the records that special immigrant visa applicants really need in order to qualify for those visas that and there has not been a real good process through dod to ensure they get records, is that something the department is looking at and would you be willing to work with this committee or others to see if we could set up a process to ensure that those folks who worked with our men and wom...

Accountability and transparetchesy to the afghan war and lessons to be learned. on thursday, i will introduce the afghanistan war study commission. my bill would establish bipartisan independent commission to examine every aspect of the war, including the political and strategic decisions that transformed the mission into vast nation-building campaign. this commission must produce actionable recommendations designed to guide development of reform, ask the 9/11 informed law-making efshts in the y...

The units you can no longer assess things like leadership and well. we can count the machine guns and everything else and count those from space and the intel assets but you cant measure the human heart with a machine. you have to be there. >> thank you. secretary austin im about to run out of time so i may -- you may want to respond to this on the next round but one of the challenges with getting special immigrant visa applicants out of afghanistan has -- this wasnt just a problem in the evacua...

Listen. hes laid out his plans and his intent, and im fully _ listen. hes laid out his plans and his intent, and im fully behind i listen. hes laid out his plans and l his intent, and im fully behind the effort that he wants to undertake, so we look forward to discussing it with you. so we look forward to discussing it with ou. �* ., .,, so we look forward to discussing it with ou. �* ., , with you. along those same lines, talks with north _ with you. along those same lines, talks with north...

Confidential, but i would say that as we worked our way through the process here, we laid out all potential consequences that could result from any course of action that we took and we were clear right about that. so there were inputs coming -- >> with regard to iraq, that is my question, mr. secretary. >> well, certainly then we get back to specific conversation that i would have had. but clear that i have a history with iraq. it is clear ive learned lessons to be learned from iraq. >> was it y...