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Criticized withdrawal process that has left 13 u.s. service members dead and at least 100 american citizens and thousands of afghan allies who helped the u.s. trapped in afghanistan. president biden called the u.s. evacuation a, quote: extraordinary success. the president took responsibility for the operation during an address this afternoon at the white house. one day after the final u.s. service member left afghanistan. he says he is committed to getting the last americans home in a diplomatic...

You were in the room for a lot of these conversations, i am disappointed in mark milley. with all due respect to his prior military service, he still a public servant and powerful one at that right now. hes seeming to imply affect the decision to abandon, which is actualizing that he went along with us. you remember him saying anything like that when you are working in the trump administration? >> no. when he was working for us, he was with the intelligence, he knew the posture al qaeda and isis...

Works. you were in the room for a lot of these conversations, i am disappointed in mark milley. with all due respect to his prior military service, he still a public servant and powerful one at that right now. hes seeming to imply affect the decision to abandon, which is actualizing that he went along with us. you remember him saying anything like that when you are working in the trump administration? >> no. when he was working for us, he was with the intelligence, he knew the posture al qaeda a...

You were in the room for a lot of these conversations, i am disappointed in mark milley. with all due respect to his prior military service, he still a public servant and powerful one at that right now. hes seeming to imply affect the decision to abandon, which is actualizing that he went along with us. you remember him saying anything like that when you are working in the trump administration? >> no. when he was working for us, he was with the intelligence, he knew the posture al qaeda and isis...

The airport? >> we have begun retrograding. >> reporter: can you say anything about the number who have left? >> no, i cannot. >> thats the pentagon acknowledging that the withdrawal process is starting. 5,400 troops there on the ground in kabul, and theyre due to leave by tuesday. so that process is beginning. in the meantime, tens of thousands of afghans desperately trying to get out, including those who worked as interpreters, drivers and other jobs for the u.s. military. a question is loomin...

Incredibly thankful for the marines, the people that put their lives on the line every single day and the famiies that are sacrificing. a lot of families are waking up this morning so incredibly sad to know someone has been lost, to know our hearts are with them. with that, i want to dig in to what you were talking about congressman and the withdrawal process, the evacuation of more americans and afghans that thank put their lives on the line for americans as well. we heard from representative s...

Those were killed in this attack. this, again, the worst possible news. the press secretary saying the thoughts and prayers of not only him but the pentagon are with the family members of those loved ones. to put this in perspective, a u.s. service member hasnt been killed in afghanistan since february of 2020. shortly before the signing of the agreement that essentially started the wheels rolling in this entire withdrawal process. were now down to the last 100 hours of what was supposed to be t...

Measure, this coming from the taliban. but at this point in this moment, if thats what theyre laying out, what should the u.s. reaction be to it? >> again, i think on the withdrawal process, we should say were going to leave when the last person is out. not that he wants to get into a shooting war again, but theyve been on the receiving end of 20 years of american military power and they lost every battle. where they finally defeated the kbrats wasnt in battle, but was in our will. 20 years is t...

And they want it to stop and clearly are coordinating with the americans. yesterday that surprise visit of the cia meeting with baradar who signed the deal, in fact with secretary of state pompeo to start this withdrawal process. he is now the senior most taliban political leader here. so a lot of efforts under way to get this moving and everyone is watching to see if president biden will extend the deadline now that the taliban has made it clear it doesnt want it to be extended and is pushing h...

This drawdown. we shouldnt read too ch into that. these are essentially nonessential staff, so to speak. they are being moved out so that the maximum number of evacuees can be got out over the next 36 or 48 hours before the u.s. has to start its own withdrawal process in earnest. and that will be a very fraught and very, very high-intensity process during which they are at their most vulnerable from attack, particularly from the isis-k group. jake? >> and, sam, the pace of evacuations, as you no...