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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 ...

0 why wasn't action taken to secure the kabul airport or retake bagram then? >> thank you, senator. you're right, the tempo had picked up significantly, yet the taliban continued to make advances. our entire chain of command, myself, the chairman, general mckenzie routinely engaged the afghan leadership to encourage them to solidify their defensive plans, to make sure they were providing the right logistics to their troops and further stiffen their defenses, to no avail. to compound that, president ghani continued to make changes in the leadership of the military and this created further probl...

0 there's no doubt in my mind that our efforts prevented an attack on the homeland from afghanistan which was our core original mission. and everyone who served in that war should be proud. your service mattered. beginning in 2011, we steadily drew down our troop numbers, consolidated and closed bases and retrograded equipment from afghanistan. at the peak in 2011, we had 97,000 u.s. troops alongside 41,000 nato troops in afghanistan. ten years later, when the ambassador signed the doha agreement lton 29 february 2020 the united states had 12,600 troops with 8,000 nato and 10,500 contractors. ...

0 there's no doubt in my mind that our efforts prevented an attack on the homeland from afghanistan, which was our core original mission. and everyone who has served in that war has been proud. your service mattered. beginning in 2011, we steadily drew down our troop numbers, consolidated and closed bases and retrograded equipment from afghanistan. at the peak in 2011, we had 97,000 u.s. troops alongside 41,000 nato troops in afghanistan. ten years later, when ambassador calisade signed the agreement on 29, february, 2020, the united states had 12,600 u.s. troops with 8,000 nato and 10,500 con...

>> if there's a trip you guys want to take, take it. now. if there's a relationship that you're in that might not be the best thing for you, leave it. now. >> reporter: the family says they're in the process of setting up the gabby petito foundation. her father says it will be used to provide resources and guidance to other families searching for their children. >> trevor, thank you. the petito case is helping to bring attention to other cases of people who have gone missing. the family of an illinois grad student says newly released video is not their son. he was reported missing on august ...