wrong, how the administration was not prepared for the collapse of the afghan government, the rise of the taliban. those hearings will start next week. there is no question here that this is the biggest test of the president's foreign policy credentials, certainly his competence and credibility is on the line. one sort of surprising thing here is he really only began calling foreign leaders within the last day talking to german chancellor angela merkel on wednesday and boris johnson late tuesday evening. but has not reached out to so many other american partners in the war in afghanistan. very unusual for president biden who and campaigned on and indeed has governed as someone who wants to rebuild those alliances. so president biden still operating in a defensive and defiant position here saying that days on was inevitable. that is certainly not what he said a month ago when he said a safe and secure withdraw from afghanistan was likely. jeff zeleny, cnn, the white house. the top u.s. general is