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Aspect. if maybe an officer can attest that i served with this person and puts their name on the line, maybe that, i think, definitely could expedite some things. i know the department of state is absolutely trying their best, dod is doing their best with the very, large task but just a little common sense that i can attest this person was there and we can sort everything out later. it will all buff out later. if we can get their safe, get them secure to a third-party location and then lets flus...

Country, then are we surprised that the afghan military soldiers were asking a -- an important question. why am i fighting? who am i fighting for? and they left the field. so there is a lot of blame to go around. i think the important thing is we can learn from these mistakes. and we should learn from them. because we will do something like this again. despite what everyone is saying, this has the odor of post vietnam. when we eliminated a lot of our capabilities and state and aid and dod that w...

Department and d.o.d. that these are the people in the system or there are some people that are not even in the system but they did risk their life. so we are going to provide what they should have done a long time ago, thats what we have been doing. >> have you gotten any response from the state department or any indication that theyll be receptive to what you give them? >> negative. nothing yet. >> now, this is not just an act of charity for you, this is desperation for your own. how hard is i...

So they did not listen to the intelligence as much as they should have, and they didnt plan as much for getting the civilians out as they should have. thats the bottom line. and were now seeing the result of that. >> its view that the intelligence was there, the planning was lacking? >> well, in this bit of phenomenon going back, gosh, 15 years when ive gone to afghanistan, i would go from dod briefings to cia briefings, particularly when i served on the intell committee. dod was always more opt...

System did not work for zak. even though the fact that zak is evacuated, it wasnt due to the system, it was due to the bravery and heroism of some air force folks and some marines who rallied around and picked zaks family up from outside that gate. and so hes still not successful in his siv application. hes still not actually past the first phase which is chief admission approval. what could be added to the system, i think common sense and potentially a little human aspect. if maybe an officer c...

Course, is that operation allies refuge was in first instance an effort, an air lift operation, unprecedented air lift operation that no other administration -- no, no, i will get there. but no other administration either in the afghan context -- >> reporter: pat yourself on the back all you want. i just want to know does it include all of the categories now or just the sivs? >> matt, it was in the first instance an air rift operation for sivs. now we are offering an air lift operation, we are i...

>> ben: you will absolutely see that you will see ransom, youll see kidnappings. youll see all kinds of threats that come out of afghanistan after our troops leave and for all those americans who you say the dod and department of state state remain unaccounted. >> kayleigh: when president obama left the christians we hide in iraq and they incurred quite a lot of violence. we are praying to my far christian men and women in afghanistan and the other religious minorities that you would stay safe a...

>> now, what are you doing right now from where you are in seattle to help back home? >> im basically keeping the united states promise to the afghan people, the promise that the united states made to those heros that you and your loved ones will be saved and thats what no one left behind is trying to do to keep their promise. >> help me understand what it is you can do. i heard that you havent been sleeping, you havent been to work, youre recruiting friends in seattle. what are you doing? >> so...

President biden defiant and defense of his policy and the decisions hes made despite what weve seen the last four days. >> and the line that stuck out to a lot of people who watched that was when the president said chaos was inevitable. a lot of people in the intel community are suggesting otherwise. lets bring in washington editor katty kay and associate editor for "the washington post," david ignatius. talk about that chaos was inevitable line from the george stephanopoulos george stephanopoul...

Austen should have already been terminated. they are being outmaneuvered everywhere in the world and it shows. democrats and republicans on the hill should all be demanding that biden clean house and bring in much better people to get the situation under control. we cant take these three much longer. we cant take three weeks of this much less three more years of this. and thats "the angle" tonight as biden and many leftists rush to blame trumper for the blunders, we are bringing the inside story...