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Skeptical letters existed. president biden left behind thousands of american citizens, green card holders, brave interpreters and afghan media reporters who worked with the united states. biden was correct when he said that the buck stops with him, as the person responsible for afghanistan as well as for the terrorists that are now crossing the southern border to plan attacks on american neighborhoods. in addition to betraying the american citizens and the u.s. allies in afghanistan, the biden d...

0 during this process, the views of all of the joint chiefs of staff, all of us, the centcom commander, general mckenzie, general miller, and myself were all given serious consideration by the administration. we provided a broad range of options and our assessment of their potential outcomes. we couched that in cost, benefit, risk-to-force, risk-to-mission. all of that was evaluated against the national security objectives of the united states. on 14 april, the president of the united states, pr...

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...

Open session. >> martha: there you have it. a lot of ground covered on the tumultuous exit from afghanistan. the 13 u.s. service members that were lost at the abbey gate and all of those left behind, sizs, people that helped us, interpreters on the ground over 20 years and a number of americans said to be less than 100 although we heard estimates that go higher than that. this is an important record that is being put down today of our history in afghanistan. 2400 service members lost, 20,000 wou...

The president of the united states told americans that the u.s. military would not leave until they were taken out. now were relying on members of veterans groups, people on the ground there or people calling their u.s. senators to try to get these people home, whether its american citizens, thousands of green card holders, interpreters. all of those people are stuck there and the president said that he would get them out. today there was bipartisan agreement, an outrage on this issue because yo...

Forces and afghan interpreters that fought until the last bullet. the last bullet. now they are being hunted down and we are just focused on anything that we can do to work with the government and private sector to get them out any way that we can. >> brian: scott, its unbelievable, sean parnell, because you fought over there you put your life on the line over there your friend lost their lives over there. now you have the people that are allied or close to you running for their lives. we dont e...

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...

We told our interpreters, our drivers, our friends, the people who had had our backs during this entire period of time that we would not abandon them. and thats exactly what we did. and in an interview thats already been referred to on network news, president biden says, and i quote, if theres american citizens left, were going to stay and get them all out. two days later, the president of the united states unequivocally said, any american that wants to come on, well get you home. were going to ...

Milley? >> i think that our credibility, with allies and partners around the world, and with adversaries, is being intensely reviewed by them to see which way this is going to go. and i think the damage is one word that could be used, yes. >> yes. and secretary austin, no question that this sends a disastrous message to china and russia. what message does it send to our nato allies and our other allies around the world about not only our credibility, but our national resolve? >> thanks, senator....

President biden was wrong on that. we told our interpreters, our driver, our friends, the people who had had our backs during this entire period of time that we would not abandon them, and thats exactly what we did. and in an interview thats already been referred to on network news, president biden assessment, and i quote, if theres american citizens left, were going to stay and get them all out. two days later the president of the united states said unequivocally, any american who wants to come...