>> gillian: one year since president biden pulled the last u.s. forces from afghanistan and 13 american service members lost their lives in that process. there is growing concern in washington that american troops may yet have to return at some point. military experts say advisors told the president to keep a military presence in country. advice he ultimately didn't take. former secretary of state mike pompeo says americans are now today less safe because of that decision. >> sadly, the taliban is in full control of the country. to have had that debacle, embarrassed our country on the world stage we're more likely to be attacked like new york city was 20 some years ago and more likely to be attacked from that place today than we were just one year ago. >> gillian: jennifer griffin joins us live from the pentagon. hi. >> i had a fascinating interview on "fox news sunday" yesterday with general frank
if there is a prosecution of donald trump for mishandling the classified information after the clinton debacle, there will be riots in the street. trey: you know, i think people should be treated the same without regard to political ideology, i remember that jim comey press conference well. i want to ask you about something you care about and have, our foreign policy, we're at one year mark in afghanistan after the withdrawal, i want to play a clip from general mckenzie. >> in your opinion was the withdrawal a mistake. >> i advised against withdraw, my r m recommendation and opinion, i realize the taliban could have chosen to attack us, i do not believe, that we
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the board at the top -- within the military. the fact that even after the fact none of our military leadership said i'm embarrassed by what happened there, we pailed, innocent lives were lost, frankly, on both sides and i'm handing in my resignation. i don't deserve to be a commander given this absolute stain not just on the reputation of our military and on our country, and it has to do with the crisis of generalship, of a bureaucracy of incentives for military the officers who play political games and refuse to want to take any accountability for losing a 20-year war over and over and over again one year at a time. rachel: wow, yeah. so many mistakes. and, by the way, we talked earlier with about some of the aggressive moves china is making militarily, so much of that stemming prosecute weakness that we showed in that -- from the weakness that we showed in that the moment. by the way, you can watch the full fox news series examining
show yesterday, and he is really calling for someone to to take accountability. and, by the way, he's an army veteran, 10 tours in afghanistan. this is what he told us yesterday. >> we're all seeking accountability, we're looking for responsibility and transparency and truth, and we just haven, including myself, should be held accountable for things that weyy wise that protect our service members, the leaders at all levels from biden and the national security council to the secretary of state, defense, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, all the joint chiefs, general mckenzie, the centcom commander who ultimately was in charge of this, all the way down to the two-star admirals and general that were on the ground failed. failed our service members. and unnecessarily put them in harm's way. pete: it was a failure across
The United States is not safer following the pullout of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, and President Donald Trump's and President Joe Biden's determination to withdraw all U.S. forces from there led to Kabul's fall, according to the last commanders to oversee a U.S. military presence in Afghanistan and the Middle East. Retired General Frank McKenzie,…
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In a new memo, the White House is defending President Joe Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal last year, claiming it strengthened national security by freeing up military and intelligence resources that the United States can deploy in other areas.