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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...

In january have you been denied any resources with regard to afghanistan? i think i heard you say earlier you got everything that you needed? >> that's correct, senator. >> thank you. on august 18th you were asked why the u.s. wouldn't rescue americans who couldn't reach the airport. you responded, quote, i don't have the capability to go out and extend operations currently in kabul, end quote. we saw the germans, the french, the british rhett cue citizens in kabul, but from this administration which commands the world's most lethal fighting force we saw nothing but blame, weakness and our ame...

Senator tuberville, please. >> you are part of the most powerful military in the world. i will ask all three and i know how you are going to answer this, any enemy that could defeat the strongest force in the world issue the united states military? i know all of you are going to say no. secretary austin, since your confirmation, have you been denied resources with regard to afghanistan, i think i heard you say earlier you got everything you needed. >> that is correct, senator. >> thank you. august 18th, you were asked why the u.s. wouldn't rescue americans who wouldn't reach the airport. i don...

Recommendation? >> sir, i was present when that discussion was heard, and i'm confident that the president heard all the recommendations and listened to them very thoughtfully. >> one of the recommendations made by the three of you would be the recommendation that virtually was made by general miller's -- to weeks ago. during the august 18th interview on abc, george stephanopoulos asked president biden whether u.s. troops would stay beyond august 31st if there are still americans to evacuate. president biden responded, and this is a quote, if there's american citizens left, we're going to stay...

On august 18th in a media interview to the american people the president said that none of his military advisors told him that he should keep u.s. forces in afghanistan. general milley, that was a false statement by the president of the united states, was it not? >> i didn't even see the statement to tell you the truth. >> i'm reading you a truthful statement. that was a false statement. >> look, >> i don't have a lot of time. was it a false statement to the american people? >> i won't categorize the statement. >> was that a false statement by the president of the united states? you don't have...