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Fought the taliban. denied al qaeda sanctuary and protected our homeland for two consecutive decades. over 800,000 of ufs in uniform served in afghanistan. most importantly, 2,461 u.s. soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines paid the ultimate price. 20,698 were wounded in action and countless others suffered the invisible wounds of war. there is no doubt in my mind that our efforts prevented an attack on the homeland from afghanistan which was our core mission. and everyone -- everyone whoever served in that war in afghanistan should be proud. your service mattered. beginning in 2011, we steadil...

Sanctuary, and protected our homeland for two consecutive decades. over 800,000 of us in uniform served in afghanistan. most importantly, 2,461 u.s. soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines paid the ultimately price. 20,698 were wounded in action. and countless others suffered the invisible wounds of war. there's no doubt in my mind that our efforts prevented an attack on the homeland from afghanistan, which was our core mission. and everyone whoever served in that war in afghanistan should be proud. your service mattered. beginning in 2011, we steadily drew down our troop numbers. consolidated a...

20,698 maimd and injuryd and wounded. i'm perplexd and thank you for being here. during the testimony, general mckenzie you were asked when you knew the drone strike on august 29th had gone tragically wrong, yes or no, you said five or six hours later you learned that, is that correct? >> when we learned civilians had been killed. >> so it went wrong? >> i did not say that. >> i said when we learned civilians had been killed. >> would you consider that righteous strike? >> we took the strike based on the belief the vehicle was going to be used in an attack against us. >> we knew people who sho...

Appreciate the support this committee continues to provide them and their families. thank you. >> thank you, mr. secretary. general milley, i believe you have a statement. >> chairman reed, ranking member inhoff, thank you for the opportunity to be here to discuss afghanistan. as you mentioned up front, we submitted matters for the record, lengthy statement of this cutdown oral version and i know it got too late. during the past 20 years, the men and women of the united states military along with our allies and partners fought the taliban, brought osama bin laden to justice, denied al qaeda sa...

Thank you. >> thank you, mr. secretary. general milley, i believe you have a statement? >> chairman reid, ranking member, thank you for the opportunity to be here with general austin and secretary mckenzie to discuss afghanistan. as you mentioned up front, we submitted matters for the record, a lengthy statement of this cutdown oral version. and i know it got too late. during the past 20 years, the men and women of the united states military along with our allies and partners fought the taliban, brought osama bin laden to justice, denied al qaeda sanctuary and protected our homeland for two co...