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Well have other options like this in greater competition. >> well take a hard look at ourselves in terms of what we did over the last 20 years. what worked, what didnt work. and we can learn from those lessons and make sure that we incorporate that into our planning and our strategic assessment going forward. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. senator kramer, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for your service and god bless the men and women under your command. general mckenzie is ...

It is clear, it is obvious the war in afghanistan did not end on the terms we wanted with the taliban now in power in kabul. although the neo was unprecedented as the largest air evacuation in history, evacuating 124,000 people, it came at an incredible cost of 11 marines, one soldier, and a navy corpsman. those 13 gave their lives of people they never met to have an opportunity to live in freedom. and we must remember that the taliban was and remains a terrorist organization, and they still hav...

Things like this. >> yes, so we always do, senator, we have to take a hrd look at ourselves in terms of what we did over the last 20 years, what worked, what didnt work, and were going to learn from those lessons and make sure that we incorporate that into our planning and our strategic assessment going forward. >> thank you. >> thank you very much, senator peters. senator? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i thank all three of you for your service and for being here. god bless the men and women under...

It is clear, it is obvious that the war in afghanistan did not end on the terms we wanted, with the taliban now in power in kabul. although the neo was unprecedented as the largest air evacuation in history, evacuating 124,000 people, it came at an incredible cost of 11 marines, one soldier, and a navy corpsman. those 13 gave their lives so a people they never met will have an opportunity to live in freedom. and we must remember that the taliban was and remains a terrorist organization and they ...

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 ...

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 retake bagram then? >> thank you, senator. you are right, the tempo had picked up significantly. the taliban continued to make advances. our entire chain of command, myself, the chairman, general mckenzie, routinely engaged in after began leadership to encourage them to solidify their defensive plans, to make sure they were providing the right logistics to their troops and stiffen their defenses to no avail. and to compound that, president ghani continued to make changes in the leadership of t...

0 >> thank you, senator. youre right, the tempo upped significantly, the taliban continued to make advances. our entire chain of command, myself, the chairman, general mckenzie, routinely engage the afghan leadership to encourage them to solidify their defensive plans, to make sure they were providing the right logistics to their troop, and further stiffen their defenses. to no avail. to compound that, president ghani continued to make changes in the leadership of the military, and this created ...

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 retrograde our equipment and that was accomplished. general miller executed the plan in accordance with the plan. a key part of the plan was to maintain an embassy in kabul and maintaining that embassy would allow the government to continue to provide resources to support the afghan security sources. so it was, the plan was to leave a diplomatic presence there and in conjunction with that plan, we were going to leave a small military force there to help secure the embassy. that was the plan, s...