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>> i would say this committee has always stressed that commanders on the ground should be listened to. would you agree with that? >> i would and i would tell you that they were listened to. i think theres a difference between us having an opportunity to have a voice and i think its very important that the military has a voice, but i firmly believe in the military and i am required and the military commanders are required to give our best military advice. but the decision makers are not required ...

That commanders on the ground should be listened to. would you agree with that? >> i would and i would tell you they were listened to. i think theres a difference between us having an opportunity to have a voice and i think its very important that the military has a voice, but i firmly believe its in the control of the military and i am required and the military commanders are required to give our best military advice but the decisionmakers are not required to follow that advice. >> no, they are...

Our strike assets to fly out of for the over the horizon counter terrorism missions. is that true? >> senator, this is an issue that i believe came up during a conversation that the president had with president putin where president putin offered to provide assistance. >> but have you reached out to the russians asking specifically to use bases? >> general milley recently had a conversation with his russian counterpart. >> so the reports are true that have been coming out today? >> i can assure ...

Capabilities that are needed to make sure that we can conduct over the horizon counter terrorism operations. president biden has pointed out we conduct over the horizon ct operation to go after terrorists and other places in the world issue including isis and syria, al qaeda and yemen and somalia. we have either a u.s. presence or reliable partners on the ground, is that correct? >> senator, that is correct. >> in those three locations, do we have strike assets or agreements in nearby countries?...

That is the situation we are in right now? >> that is correct. >> you stated during the evacuation we developed pragmatic relationship with the taliban. but youre not saying we should consider the taliban to be reliable partner by any means, are you? >> i do not trust the taliban, i do not consider the taliban to be reliable partner. have you to look at what they do and not what they say. >> general mckenzie, yemen, syria, and somalia all border ocean or sea, we can use carriers or other sea-bas...

0 about 100 americans and that figure doesnt change. we need a real accounting for how many people, big difference between 100 and 4000. my biggest takeaway, we have no counter terrorism strategy and milley and mckenzie testifyod this, mckenzie said he is not confident we can prevent al qaeda or isis. >> harris: i am rushing, it is top of the hour, kayleigh and emily, everybody on "outnumbered," quick one for us as we ark wait the panel to reconvene. thanks for watching fox news. our coverage co...

0 theres no doubt in my mind that our efforts prevented an attack on the homeland from afghanistan which was our core original mission. and everyone who served in that war should be proud. your service mattered. beginning in 2011, we steadily drew down our troop numbers, consolidated and closed bases and retrograded equipment from afghanistan. at the peak in 2011, we had 97,000 u.s. troops alongside 41,000 nato troops in afghanistan. ten years later, when the ambassador signed the doha agreement...

0 theres no doubt in my mind that our efforts prevented an attack on the homeland from afghanistan, which was our core original mission. and everyone who has served in that war has been proud. your service mattered. beginning in 2011, we steadily drew down our troop numbers, consolidated and closed bases and retrograded equipment from afghanistan. at the peak in 2011, we had 97,000 u.s. troops alongside 41,000 nato troops in afghanistan. ten years later, when ambassador calisade signed the agree...

Regional counter terrorism campaign. lets remember the most important raid of the entire post 9/11 period, the one that got bin laden in the few months i was commander in afghanistan was under the c.i.a., that that raid was conducted from afghan soil into pakistan where their military academy is and back to afghan soil. a number of operations were carried out over the years that employed that capability that was there. we dont not only have bases in afghanistan, we dont have them in pakistan or ...

If the north koreans rolled missiles out and were ready to fire them? >> theres no question we can get lots of effect on a particular point, but the challenge is they can roll these trucks out, fire them off and roll them back in before our strike assets could get there. >> president trump is credited with at least temporarily ratcheting down the overall threat from kim, but trumps critics say the young north korean strong man has been playing the president the entire time. >> the north koreans ...