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No one left behind? it was an outright lie. >> right. well, i believe that individual like many others are stuck in that special immigrant visa processing. the d.o.d. inspector general a couple of years ago talked about the extreme processing times and some of the issues that they were having with that program and so the biden administration knew this as they were withdrawing and putting individuals into the visa processing, they knew they werent going to get everyone out. very troubling that th...

Some of my own family members. im one of three in my direct family who have served in afghanistan, and theres two themes that are coming out from this. one is, most of us dont regret what we did there, because, at the end of the day, we were confident in the help and the assistance and the security that we provided for the afgans that we had care over at that time. and for whatever period of time that they had some shelter and security from the taliban or other threats, that was worth something,...

>> you know, sean, ive got a message for the american people. and this not just me. this is after talking to many other veterans who served there. some of my own family members. im one of three in my direct family who have served in afghanistan, and theres two themes that are coming out fromt this. one is, most of us dont regret what we did there, because, at the end of the day, we were confident in the help and the assistance and the security that we provided for the afgans that we had care w o...

Ron klain said, successfully managed? >> theyre suggesting that its inevitable that this happened the way that it did. thats absolutely false. i know for a fact that the packages presented by dod to the president recommended more troops, temporarily, at bagram air base, 4500 troops, to secure it for a safe withdraw. he rejected that and pulled a number out of the hat. i want you to go down to 600 people. the leadership at the dod said we cant even secure the embassy with 600 people. he said i do...

People are telling me today. were done. joe biden has lost the trust ann faith of those families, many families who have served for generations, that we would raise our right hand and be available at the direction of the t commander in chief and do what our country asked us to do. and people are saying, were done. my children, my grandchildren will not be a tool of elected and unelected officials, their priorities, their foreign policy objectives.do we will not be tools for that. and thats a sad...

To get out and it would happen to anybody. do you call the situation successfully managed? >> they are suggesting it is inevitable that this happened the way that it did. that is absolutely false. i know for a fact the packages presented by dod to the president recommended more troops temporarily at bags of the ram air base, 4500 troops to secure it for a safe withdrawal. he rejected that, pulled a number out of the hat. i used to go down to 600 people, the leadership of the dod said we cant eve...

Flawed plan, mishandled and disaster. when will democrats demand accountability, congressman green? >> we need to make sure our colleagues across the street understand the ramifications to them if they dont speak up. as the furor over this. 85% of americans are upset americans were left behind. it is hard to get 85% of americans to agree on anything. they agree you dont leave americans behind. joe biden left americans behind. the fear amongst the people of our country is going to force these dem...

This, many of those who serve in uniform come from multi generational families. heres the second thing that people are telling me today. were done. joe biden has lost the trust and faith of those families, many families who have served for generations, that we would raise our right hand and be available at the direction of the commander in chief and do what our country asked us to do. and people are saying, were done. my children, my grandchildren, will not be a tool of elected and unelected off...

Only turned away, turned away and his family beaten. the family of a 3-year-old united states citizen. >> emily: it is absolutely agonizing. to add to that, there is a san juan school district in sacramento that has confirmed 24 of the students are also stranded in afghanistan. these are as young as elementary school children age seven and eight up through high school. meanwhile the sacramento congressman has been working with the school district and he said i urgently flag these kids with the d...

This administration. in this case, i was told by americans on the ground, dod inside the perimeter in kabul, the manifest for our aircraft were shared with the taliban commanders. meaning lists of both americans and our sivs that we were trying to evacuate that we had placed on aircraft, put names to seats, they gave that to the taliban. >> laura: so theyre just downright lying period. >> theyre downright lying. and you cited many. there are many, many other instances during this debacle where p...