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We communicate with these people through whatsapp and try to shepherd them to h-kia and operations were shut down and they were stranded and left behind. what role and secretary austin, start with you, what role, if any, and actually before i answer that, on the mental health issue, we were working with a marine trying to get an interpreter out, had been maintaining contact for years, we had all the authenticating documentation, we were not successful. that moo ma rein committed suicide three we...

>> mckeon. his number three deck pd. brian mccann. do you know where tony blinken was on september 8th? >> i dont. >> deacon opn used any dod resources to travel between may 7 and may 10? >> i can certainly found out but thats not something i would worry about. >> i would like to know if he used any dod assets, aircraft, bases, air personnel or ground crews to travel between may 7, 2021 and may 10, 2021. thank you for that. secretary austin, who chose september 11 is the date by which we would w...

Right way and important we do this carefully, but rapidly as possible. we do have, you know, children that need education and all those kinds of things. in the meantime, dod will remain on making sure they receive the best care and we provide for their safety, as well. >> thank you. senator fischer, please? >> thank you, mr. chairman. general mckenzie, at the beginning of this hearing, chairman reed made a comment about the goal and mission that were going to be looking at now in the future is t...

Mr. cramer, let me recognize senator duckworth, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, i want to say thank you, i just received a letter this morning in response to a letter i had written to you and secretary blinken asking about the process of certifying that somebody did work for the dod as a contractor and i want to say that a response is a good one. i think you made with regard to project rabbit, which ill give you a couple minutes to talk about, seems you reviewed 7800 employmen...

Undertaking with hundreds of thousands of afghan refugees, who are literally escaping torture and murder, coming to this country, many with nothing more than the clothes they had when they left. we currently have tens of thousands of individuals on your basis, department of defense basis, germany, and domestically, as you well know, virginia, wisconsin, and tex texas. these people risk their lives for us, as you know on this panel better than any of us. it will be shared with the state departmen...

>> it was interesting general milley talked about his participation in these books, he contradicts what woodard and costa said, they said milley was concerned there was going to be attack in china, milley said i know trump did not plan to attack china. >> sandra: back to the hearing room, they gavelled in. >> the testimony now. and who now literally have targets on their backs, along with their families. i ask you who at the department of defense is in charge of our efforts to evacuate them and

Out. there is a process. there is a mechanism. state has responsibility, as you know, for the continuing, for being the lead, to continue to evacuate american citizens and siv applicants out of afghanistan. that process is run by ambassador bass, it is interagency effort and we contribute to that with a dedicated general officer as part of that. in terms of the evacuations, the department of defense has responsibility for housing them and for their care and feeding, in terms of integrating them ...

Afghanistan? >> senator, my deepest condolences of the loss of our marine, saddened to hear that. thoughts and prayers to his family. dod continues to work as a part of the cell that you heard me answered earlier that is run or headed up by the state department and ambassador john bass is running that. were trying to pull in as much information from every corner that we can and refine lists and refine contact information so that we can reach out and make sure that people have the right credentia...

I just truly hope they are, lets leave it at that. if the department of defense cant get their lead policy official off the couch, which is where he told me he was during closed testimony last week, that he was sitting on the couch. he didnt really care what general millers opinion was. if that is the type of thought process that we put into decisions that are made at the department of defense with this lead policy official, maybe he needs to go back to the couch. i do think that there is still ...

Accident, everybody up and down the ranks, including the commanding general of the first marine division was relieved f. youre a marine or army second lieutenant plaining platoon on patrol and one soldier losing nvg or rifle that lieutenant is going to get relieved. on this issue, one of the biggest national security fiascos in a generation, no one is accountable and the american people are livid because they saw it. they see it. they know. it is a debacle. general milley, this morning you calle...