i look forward to your questions. >> general mckenzie. >> chairman smith, ranking member rogers and members of the committee thanks for the opportunity to testify about recent events in afghanistan. as a theater commander i will confine my opening remarks to those matter under my direct operational control. specifically the withdrawal of u.s. forces and the non-combatant evacuation. these were two distinct combat missions both conducted in contact with the enemy. we had a plan for each of them and we executed those plans and thanks to the valor and dedication of thousands of men and women in harm's way we completed both missions. fulfilling the president's order to withdrawal u.s. forces and evacuating over 124,000 non-combatants from afghanistan. i last appeared before this body only dailies after president biden announced his decision to pull foerlss from the company and my testimony regarding that decision is a matter of pub politic record.