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Everything will be ok. did you make any kind of preparations or any emergency...? no, no, no. so, as western governments wrestle with moscow's ultimatums and demands, ukrainians — for now — are getting on with a life they've long lived in the shadow of russian threats and aggression. sarah rainsford, bbc news, kyiv. to another controversy hitting the british government. the question of whether boris johnson intervened to assist the evacuation of around 170 stray dogs and cats from afghanistan last summer. foreign office emails just released appear to suggest he did. the first email, from a...

Recommendation they were reported to have made. general milley. joe biden said it was the unanimous recommendation of the joint chiefs we not maintain a military presence beyond august 31st. we've heard testimony to that effect today as well. when was that unanimous recommendation sought and presented to the president? >> you talking about the 31 august? >> the 31 august deadline. >> 25 august i was asked to make an assessment and provide best military advice on. >> my time is limited here. you gave me the answer i needed to hear. august 25th? >> correct. >> kabul fell august 15th. you were no...

Consequential matter. let me move onto another recommendation they're reported to have made. it was the unanimous recommendation of the joint chiefs that we not maintain a military presence beyond august 31st. when was that unanimous recommendation sought and presented to the president? >> are you talking about the 31 august? >> yes. >> on 25 august i was asked to make an assessment and provide best military advice. >> august 25th. >> correct. >> kabul fell on august 15th. >> that is correct. >> you were not asked before august 25th? >> on august 25th i was asked to provide an assessment on wh...

It was the unanimous recommendation of the joint cheechs that we not maintain a military presence beyond august 31st. we heard testimony to that effect today as well. when was that unanimous recommendation sought and presented to the president? >> are you talking about the 31 august -- >> yes, the 31 august deadline. >> onta 25 august i was asked t provide military assessment and military advice -- >> my time is limited. you gave the answer i needed to hear. august 25th? >> correct. >> kabul fell on august 15th. >> that's correct. >> you were not asked before august 25 snth. >> on august 25th ...

Beginning one september if we stay past the 31st using military sources. >> you use that term, that's a descriptive phrase but we are talking about potentially hundreds of american lives, are we not? >> well, when we -- for us we were specifically talking casualties killed and wounded and our estimate, my estimate of the time, this is 25 august we are talking about, is if we go to war with the taliban on the 1st of september -- there were 56 check points and 6,000 held in kabul at that time, who would have to clear kabul and receives it by graham, the 36 miles of road between bagram in kabul t...