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What about, for instance, the somali—born model waris dirie is very outspoken about fgm, female genital mutilation, and 98% of girls, according to unicef, have to undergo this abhorrent practice in somalia. so she uses her platform to campaign against that. will you use your platform to do something similar against fgm or early marriage? so youre also trying to change perceptions of what it means to be muslim and female, not only in the west, but also in africa, in somalia and other places whe...

Call that you made in july that are leaked out to your jen psaki, your spokes mouth will not talk about but the verification by reuters is not in dispute that says you knew it was bad to change the perceptions. and what i think makes it worse the man in uniform general milley also told ghani change perspective. change the narrative. you are a military guy. he needed air power. he needed strength. he needed leadership. he told you people coming from the outside. helping the taliban, other countri...

It. >> john: this phone call on july 23rd between president biden and the former president of afghanistan ashraf ghani. he was one of the first to leave. the president said we have to change perceptions. whether its true or not. if you want u.s. military support to continue come up with a different plan. you were in the white house during the zelensky process and the impeachment process. your thoughts on this phone call and the conversation the president had with ghani. >> look, this is a great ...

About optics and perceptions. bombshell report from reuters tonight detailing a phone call with the afgan president, ghani, where biden says its not going well, we need to change the perception. quote, there is a need, whether its true or not, to project a different picture. here with more reaction to the -- to all have this is senator lindsey graham. senator, he had two choices at that point. one to push -- two things he should have done. should have immediately driven the taliban back, that wo...

Was about to fall to the taliban, but he was more worried about optics and perceptions.rc bombshell report from reuters tonight detailing a phone call with the afgan president, ghani where biden says its not going well, we need to change the perception. quote, there is a need, t whethr its true or not, to project a different picture. here with more reaction to the -- to all have this is senator lindsey graham. senator, he had two choices at that point. one to push -- two things he should have do...

>> harris: he wasnt even going to meet with him but decided to. what is your reaction? >> i would not want to criticize any gold star mom or dad or husband or wife who just lost a loved one overseas and i can understand the frustration of all those gold star families because that attack didnt just happen on joe bidens watch. it happened as a direct result of joe bidens decisions. the decisions to withdraw in such a disorganized, ill-planned, chaotic fashion. i would not criticize or comment on a...

Conservative sources, approval is much lower. but even for people who say they rely more on liberal sources. thats not terribly high, either. what do you make of that as it relates to how the nation, in general, views the presidents approval on afghanistan? >> yeah, joshua. this was one of the areas where actually no matter how you end up getting your news, you are pretty much all in agreement. and when your approval rating is in a 25% -- percentage range where it is on that afghanistan approval...

Rely more on liberal sources. thats not terribly high, either. what do you make of that as it relates to how the nation, in general, views the presidents approval on afghanistan? >> yeah, joshua. this was one of the areas where actually no matter how you end up getting your news, you are pretty much all in agreement. and when your approval rating is in a 25% -- percentage range where it is on that afghanistan approval, you are not going to get a lot of support from any segments, and including as...

U.s. army veteran who served in iraq, definitely one of the good guys, we are honored to have him on our show tonight. joe kent, thanks for coming on. youre the first in our lineup this evening so i would ask you for your baseline perceptions here. what do you think of what youve seen today? >> well today has been an absolute tragedy, but unfortunately we are seeing over nearly two decades of lies come unraveling. the u.s. military has been saying for nearly two decades weve built this afghan go...

Are currently stranded in afghanistan and they are sensitive to that word at the white house. >> it is irresponsible to say americans are stranded. we are committed to bringing americans who want to come home home. >> the white houses official position on what is happening in afghanistan. >> im calling you out for saying we are stranding americans in afghanistan. >> overseas vice president harris breaking his silence on the evacuation chaos in singapore alongside the prime minister. >> theres go...