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Threatening afghans major cities. but the taliban continued a relentless march on remote outposts, villages, _ relentless march on remote outposts, villages, districts as well as major roads— villages, districts as well as major roads connecting them. byjanuary 2021 b _ roads connecting them. byjanuary 2021 b taliban was at the strongest military— 2021 b taliban was at the strongest military position itd been in since 911. military position itd been in since 9ii~ and _ military position itd ...

The choice between ending the wire or escalating it. had he not followed through on his predecessors commitments, attacks on our forces and those of our allies wouldve resumed and the talibans nationwide assault on afghanistans major cities would have commenced. that wouldve required substantially more us prices into afghanistan to defend themselves and prevent et al. then lets bring then in our state department correspondent barbara plett usher. you here again there from the secretary of state,...

Nothing that they would have liked more. were now able as a result that none of his predecessors made to end the war and a third generation of americans would die in afghanistan while bringing 125,000 people out. were in a better position to confront the challenges and threats that we face in 2021. >> gentlemans time has expired. i now recognize representative -- >> neil: all right. were continuing to monitor this hearing. im neil cavuto. this is "your world." i want to bring leon panetta into t...

Dont bother her. so shes already sort of set the precedent that is not something she wants to engage in. >> look, she didnt come to the white house right away. she waited to come to washington from new york. i wonder, do you know what she thinks about all of this talk of donald trump 2024? >> i think she thinks its just talk. people i spoke with know that she is sort of allowing donald trump to have his political ambitions again. their lives are independent, always have been, but they do come to...

There could be some tea leave, some clues. we havent seen much of melania trump. its sort of remarkable. >> it is if you look at her predecessors and other first lady who is take advantage of this vast platform to promote whatever platforms or initiatives. none of that from melania trump. its been seven months since she opened the office with the very official seal. nothing from her. shes not a prolific presence. she wasnt when she was first lady. she wasnt during the 2016 campaign. what i learn...

To fund social care, amid reports the government is on the verge of signing off a rise of at least 1% in national insurance rates. the former health secretary, jeremy hunt, said the the government must "bite the bullet" and raise taxes because the sums needed for both nhs funding and social care were "eyewatering". but any increase in national insurance or income tax would breach the commitment the conservatives made in their election manifesto. lets get more on this from our political correspon...

Raises a lot, the vital national interest. he said, we have to really think about what is in our vital national interest. frankly, that sounds like it can be harsh, because for the afghans who didnt make it out on the planes who are left behind, in some cases for americans who are still there, he drew the perimeter around american vital national interest more narrowly than some of his prede predecessors. what can the united states expend? did we want to embark on as he put it another decade of w...

And you heard him talk about that today. 18 suicides among veterans every day. up to $300 million in investment that has gone overseas every day. what he was trying to say was look, this is going to be something that people are going to be fighting about my legacy forp a long time but i think its about what the united states owes to the people that have been doing this fighting. >> is there -- often one talks about a doctrine associated with a president. is there a biden doctrine to discern in t...

Perspective. >> do you think part of that is because the white house hasnt distinguished and the criticism over the execution of the withdrawal and the larger per sective here, the larger move here which is the withdrawal itself something we should note none of his predecessors did and former president trump is one of the most recent ones. the criticism the president has gotten is over how it was handled and how quickly. he does not think if they started the mass evacuation sooner it would have ...

>> they are grasping at straws to defend the flaws. when bidens withdrawal fell flat, the media remembered holy hes a democrat. with afghanistan exit complete the media is rewriting history in some of the press dont seem to mind biden leaving weapons i citizens behind. they writes the atlantic at the president deserves credit for not delaying. unlike his three immediate predecessors coming he was in the oval office all of whom als came to see the futility of the afghan operation. he had the poli...