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Which explains why trump administration officials say they did not know about these prior incidents. general van herk, who has served as the top general for north com and toread for both president trump and president biden, admitted us forces failed to detect previous incursions from chinese spy craft into the united states . >> its my responsibility to detect threats to north america. i will tell you that we did not detect those threats. >> and thats a domain awareness gap that we have to figur...

Focused on this balloon. >> make no mistake, that balloon was intentionally launched as a calculated show of force. we have to stop being naive about the threat we face from china. >> reporter: the commander of northern command and norad acknowledged that there was an awareness gap that allowed three balloons to overfly parts of the united states during the trump administration. chinas initial apology for this latest incident they claim was a weather balloon has turned into indignation. china sa...

Because you worried trump would replace you with a loyalist, somebody that would carry out any order. you write about how at least in one instance, trumps loyalists would work around you in ways. steven miller, for example, directed the department of homeland security to develop a concept to deploy 200,000 plus u.s. troops to the border, even after you told him that was not possible. you write "i was shocked. i asked questions no one had good answers for, how far along were that? i was frustrate...

Throughout that time period, ready to deploy at the request of fema if they were required. its important to note that while the title 10 covid-19 response may have come to a close as of this morning there are still more than 10,800 national guard soldiers and airmen supporting covid-19 response efforts in at least 43 states, territories, and the district of columbia. and i also want to add that north com remains postured as well to deploy more personnel if requested. and of course the secretary ...

Will conclude soon, the d.o.d. effort to support the interagency is ongoing. additionally the department of defense continues to support humanitarian relief operations in response to national disasters here closer to home. in haiti, the u.s. military assets have flown 560 missions providing rapid logistical and airlift support including delivery of more than 348,000 pounds of aid. on the gulf coast with hurricane ida north com as of this morning in coordination with fema and national guard has a...

Including 5,400 americans, have been evacuated from afghanistan. u.s. military troops have shown tremendous bravery and compassion as they put themselves in harms way to evacuate as many american citizens and afghans as possible during this operation. that work by u.s. servicemembers continues across the globe at a number of intermediate staging bases in dod installations centcom, more than 27,000 passengers await follow-on movement. in ucom 22,000 passengers and today 17 flights will transport ...

Including 5,400 americans, have been evacuated from afghanistan. u.s. military troops have shown tremendous bravery and compassion as they put themselves in harms way to evacuate as many american citizens and afghans as possible during this operation. that work by u.s. service members continues across the globe at a number of intermediate stages and d.o.d. instillizations in cent com, 28,000 passengers await follow on movement from six active locations. in u-com, three active locations have more...

In north com there are nearly 13,000 passengers that remain at five different u.s. installations. these numbers are a snapshot in time and movement of personnel is very fluid. we do not expect these passenger totals to match the total number of evacuees from afghanistan nor will they match the total afghans arriving to the united states. the mission of the evacuation operation was to help as many people as possible leave afghanistan. some of these evacuees included american citizens, third count...

Efforts to support the inner agency is ongoing. additionally, the department of defense continues to support humanitarian relief operations and in response to national disasters here closer to home. in haiti, the u.s. military assets have flown 560 sorties, providing rapid logistical and airlift support including delivery of more than 348,000 pounds of aid. on the the gulf coast, with hurricane ida, north com as of this morning in coordination with fema and national guard has activated 5200 pers...

Soon, the dod effort to support the inner agency is ongoing. the department of defense continues to support humanitarian relief operations in response to national disasters here closer to home. in haiti, the u.s. military assets have flown 560 sorties, providing rapid logistical and airlift support including delivery of more than 348,000 pounds of aid. on the gulf coast with hurricane ida north com, activated more than 5,200 personnel in louisiana, mississippi, texas and alabama in response to t...