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Senator, that all of the equipment that we had, that we used was retrograded by general miller as a part of the draw dawn. thousands of tons of equipment and whatever high-end equipment that we had that we were use, the equipment that -- that the -- that the afghan security forces had as the taliban took over is the equipment that -- that you see, and, of course, all of the helicopters that were left on the air field at aprilky, i asked general mckenzie to demilitarize those so that they couldnt...

Equipment out was unbelievable. >> i would just flag for you that all of the equipment that we had that we used was retrogradeed by general miller as a part of the drawdown. thousands of tons of equipment and whatever high-end equipment that we had that we were using. the equipment that the afghan security forces had as the taliban took over is the equipment that you see. of course, all of the helicopters that were left on the airfield at kabul, i asked general mckenzie to demilitarize those so ...

I would flag for you that all of the equipment that we have, that we use, was retro graded by general miller as part of the draw down. thousands of tons of equipment and whatever high end equipment that we have that were using. the equipment that the afghanistan security forces had is the equipment that you see and of course the helicopters left i asked them to demilitarize those so they could not be used again. >> i hope that the future of

0 why wasnt action taken to secure the kabul airport or retake bagram then? >> thank you, senator. youre right, the tempo had picked up significantly, yet the taliban continued to make advances. our entire chain of command, myself, the chairman, general mckenzie routinely engaged the afghan leadership to encourage them to solidify their defensive plans, to make sure they were providing the right logistics to their troops and further stiffen their defenses, to no avail. to compound that, presiden...

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 ...

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To experience the rugged splendor of the american west, including major portions of the lewis and clark trail. at around 4:00 p.m. mountain time on saturday near joplin, montana, the idyllic scene turned to tragedy. >> it was probably 10 or 15 seconds of rocking back and forth and tons of noise. and then we came to a stop. >> reporter: megan vandervest was taking a nap in one of the front sleeper cars that did not derail. amtrak said there were approximately 141 passengers and 16 crew members. t...

There was kind of a lot of smoke smell and it was the first thought i had when i woke up was oh my god, we are derailing? and immediately i was like thats crazy. we are not derailing and it was probably 10 or 15 seconds of rocking back and forth and tons of noise and we came to a stop and really it was, we didnt know what was going on and for a couple of minutes it was silent and there was not really any instructions so we stayed in our room. they came around and kind of, we are trying to figure...