this has been a 10-year multi-administration drawdown, not a 19-month or 19-day. under the agreement the u.s. with begin to withdraw its forces contingent upon taliban meeting certain conditions, which would lead to a political agreement between the taliban and the government of afghanistan. there were seven conditions applicable to the taliban and eight conditions applicable to the united states. while the taliban did not attack u.s. forces, which was one of the conditions, it failed to fully honor any -- any other condition under the dohar agreement and perhaps most importantly for u.s. national security the taliban has never renounced al qaeda or broke its affiliation with them. we the united states adhered to every condition.