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Oversight rather than provocation. i just have a couple questions of clarification from testimony that has happened so far the first one is for you, general mckenzie. you mention something in the opening remarks about you having looked at different branches to account for the complete collapse of the government and the afghan military. thats the first time i have heard that scenario being articulated out loud. most of the testimony that i have heard prior to this has been we could have never for...

Embassy and personnel. i defer to frank mckenzie to talk about the neo planss at that time. >> general mckenzie. >> we hold a neo plan, we had a plan to bring out mainly american citizens and people associated with the embassy, planning later began to encompass the larger population, like every other plan centered on americans and their families. >> when you say the plan grew to include that, what was the timeframe? >> early spring of this year. >> so under this administration? >> yes, yes. and ...

0 in the attack on the 26. >> in classified, id like to know that. i dont understand. i went to union public high school 1100. my math. 11,015,000 u.s. citizens. that leaves thousands, not hungry left -- not hundreds left. we have people calling us wanting to get out, u.s. citizens not allowed to get in the gate or kicked off the base are not allowed out. we have to get our folks home. i yield back. thank you. mr. chairman. >> general milley come i want to thank you for your 42 years of service,...

The embassy, transition that off to contractors and then all the military would be out and it would be a diplomatic mission and a money in over the horizon fund. none that have happened because that army and government collapsed very rapidly. as soon as those indicators became fractured, secretary austin and others throughout government executed and implemented a neo plan in which there were contingencies that were build. there was a plan for the rapid collapse and that was the neo plan that gen...

I was born in america, but my father works at the united nations. he left after the american troops left. the american ambassador stays, and after the last military transport left. i know because my father was on the last military transport and the ambassador had to travel over lapd. this is all tied to operations and thu is planned and that is why it is so important that we have an independent investigation. maybe the failure is that we didnt have a neo plan in place. if thats the case we need ...

0 also a key part of the plan was to maintain an embassy in kabul and maintaining that embassy would allow us to continue to engage the government, to continue to provide resources to support the afghan security forces so it was -- the plan was to leave a diplomatic presence there, and in conjunction with that plan we also were going to leave a small military force there to help secure the embassy, so that was the plan, senator. >> but you didnt address the issue that you made -- if it was your ...

In place to make sure hakia, airport in kabul was secure and we had a secure facility, in the course of 72 airs. >> back to the neodiscussion, the pentagon spokesman kirby denied there was neo-operation in operation. he admitted there was neo-operation going on. im curious, mr. secretary, what date did the administration actually decide to execute the neo-plan and when did they begin to actively evacuate all american? >> i believe triggered by the collapse of the government and the security forc...