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CNN State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash August 15, 2021 16:39:00

>> your fellow republican congressman adam kinzinger tweeted that, quote, between trump and biden they own this. congresswoman liz cheney, another republican called it the, quote, trump/biden calamity saying it began with the trump administration negotiating with terrorists. senator ben sass put out a similar statement. does former president trump share the blame for what we are seeing in afghanistan because of the deal he made with the taliban and the fact -- secretary blinken wasn't wrong when he said the taliban was stronger in january of this year than it had been since 9/11? >> well, you know, i've talked to national security adviser o'brien about this. it was always going to be conditions based. they are violating two principles of that agreement. one attacking provincial capitals. two, never cutting ties with al qaeda. in his words, when he talked to president trump, he told him that i will not allow to have another saigon on my watch. they even talked about b-52s. we can talk hypothetically about

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