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Of urgent life—saving support. so, this is aid just to survive. prior to august 15, we've been out meeting people who were living in open fields, who didn't have anything to shelter them, who didn't know where their next meal was coming from, who didn't have access to water, basic sanitation, basic medicines. it's getting even worse now. winter will be coming in and you still have people living like that outdoors. and all of that will feed into instability in this country, which no—one particularly wants. we did hear interestingly, and significantly, from the european commission president ...

Could give you the detailed information. i believe the taliban new that we were departing on the 31st. >> you weren't aware -- >> a formal agreement per se. >> general mckenzie, you are saying that you talked to the taliban on august 15. did you use august 31st as the date to end operations? was there a date set at all? >> i did not use a specific date when i talk to them. >> no date was set on august 15. >> i didn't convey a specific date as part of my conversation. >> i wanted to switch gears one more time. secretary austin moved. when we are looking at the fundamental viability of the over ...

To the 2500 number >> they were different capability. >> when we went from 2500 down and effective zero we would keep 650. >> they went from 2500 to 650 as i understand it on their way to. >> that's correct. the capabilities were different. they were different forces to do different things. >> crucial point. thank you. >> my first question on june 23 is why have you not started the evacuation of our allies already? you responded we have a moral imperative to save the afghans who worked by our side. secretary austin you said earlier today moving too slow with the evacuation would put our troops...

0 of its troops, contractors and non-diplomatic personnel from afghanistan no later than may 1st, 2021. in june 2020 the u.s. troop levels reached 8600. in october president -- former president trump tweeted we should have a small number of remaining brave men and women serving in afghanistan home by christmas. in november 17, 2020 then acting secretary of defense miller announced we'll implement former president trump east order to continuing repositioning forces from afghanistan. and the 2500 u.s. troops who remain there by january 15th. on january 15th he announced there were 2500 troops le...

0 in the attack on the 26. >> in classified, i'd like to know that. i don't understand. i went to union public high school 1100. my math. 11,015,000 u.s. citizens. that leaves thousands, not hungry left -- not hundreds left. we have people calling us wanting to get out, u.s. citizens not allowed to get in the gate or kicked off the base are not allowed out. we have to get our folks home. i yield back. thank you. mr. chairman. >> general milley come i want to thank you for your 42 years of service, your principled commitment to civilian rule, for your commitment to military to military communic...