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To the 2500 number >> they were different capability. >> when we went from 2500 down and effective zero we would keep 650. >> they went from 2500 to 650 as i understand it on their way to. >> thats correct. the capabilities were different. they were different forces to do different things. >> crucial point. thank you. >> my first question on june 23 is why have you not started the evacuation of our allies already? you responded we have a moral imperative to save the afghans who worked by our sid...

I engaged the chinese in order to persuade them to do that. i would never tip off any men me to a surprise thing that we would do. thats a different context than that conversation. >> thank you for taking the time to testify today. it is difficult for many of us to watch. the reality after 20 years, four u.s. presidents and billion dollars and i believe president biden made the right decision to withdraw. to stay there would have required more troops and resources with no timeline and i dont bel...

0 of its troops, contractors and non-diplomatic personnel from afghanistan no later than may 1st, 2021. in june 2020 the u.s. troop levels reached 8600. in october president -- former president trump tweeted we should have a small number of remaining brave men and women serving in afghanistan home by christmas. in november 17, 2020 then acting secretary of defense miller announced well implement former president trump east order to continuing repositioning forces from afghanistan. and the 2500 u...

Just—in—time logistics. i call it the business imperative of logistics. its about driving up costs, stock levels and ensuring things arrive on the shelves so its all there ready. in the military environment, we have a just in case system alongside a just—in—time system. the problem with the just—in—time system is it doesnt have the resilience to cope with these sort of crises. it doesnt have stocks sitting in various places. so, when you hit these... we have an enemy out there whos t...

Ceiving their social security checks. 30 million families would no longer receive child tax credits that have raised millions out of poverty and unemployment could shoot up, way up. dont take my word for it. here is treasury sretary janet yellenn what will happen if republicans get their way. >> it is imperative that congress address the debt limit. if not, our current estimate is the treasurely will likely exhaust its extraordinary measures by october 18th. at that point,e expect treasury would...

There is nobody in charge. and undeniably, and he knows and so does every membe of that panel, theres a moral imperative here. the are tens of thousands of afghan allies, the former interpreters, translators, guards, security officials who went into combat with our troops. they protected our diplomats. ey put themselves and their families at risk and now they have targets on their backs. theyre at rk of murder and torture. theyre in hiding. and their situations are increasingly desperate. my off...

This and what he hopes for for the country, you know, it feels like a long time since weve been in that place. but well see if his presidential center can do that kind of nonpartisan or bipartisan thought provoking work that he talks about, dana, thank you very much. >> thank you. lets turn now to the fast moving developments on capitol hill with president bidens agenda hanging in the balance, house speaker nancy pelosi telling her colleagues that passing the democrats massive spending package...

Used during the trump era. that gives official the power to turn back migrants and the chance to seek asylum. at the same time another 13,000 migrants have been allowed to enter the u.s. at least for now while its determined if they can stay. heres more now from homeland security chief. >> when we do not expel an individual by reason of a public health imperative, those individuals are actually placed in immigration court proceedings. they go before a judge. they can make a claim of asylum or ot...

The pandemic. this is a public health imperative to protect migrants themselves, local communities, our personnel and the american public. >> so you heard him say they are defending this saz a public health imperative but advocates say they need to ditch this policy. >> it is important to know that thousands of the haitian migrants were also allowed to await some immigration court proceedings here in the u.s., so not everybody or the majority were expelled but nonetheless we know why some were. ...

Mistake? >> no, that isnt. thats an exercise of a public health imperative. were in the midst of a pandemic. the centers for disease control has a title 42 authority that we exercise to protect the migrants themselves, to protect the local communities, our personnel, and the american public. the pandemic is not behind us. title 42 is a public health policy, not an immigration policy. >> these folks didnt come from haiti. they came from other places in south america. should they have been sent so...