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Decisions that were made in this raid, did they incorporate any lessons learned from the civilian casualty report done after the august 29th strike? thank you. >> kind of addressed that second question before. when louie asked it. we always try to avoid civilian harm. this operation was of a completely different character than the air strike that happened on the 29th of august. but in general, we always try to learn from previous missions, from previous operations. these are two completely different operations. and the desire to avoid civilian harm was baked in months ago into this particular ...

Raid, do they incorporate any lessons learned from the civilian casualty report done after the august 29th strike? thank you. >> i've kind of addressed that second question before when louie asked it. i mean, we always try to avoid civilian harm. this operation was of a completely different character than the air strike thanned on the 29th of august. but in general, we always try to learn from previous missions, from previous operations. these are two completely different operations. and the desire to avoid civilian harm was baked in months ago into this particular plan. in fact, the decision ...

Terror -- the leader of isis? >> yeah. >> that they are not providing accurate information -- >> yes. >> -- and isis is providing accurate information? >> i mean, the u.s. has not always been straightforward about what happens with civilian, and i mean, that is a fact. >> doing everything possible to avoid civilian casualties was his priority and his preference. >> she went on to say it's a fact, right, that information has not always been correct when it comes to civilians. following the isis-k attack at the airport in kabul, you'll remember it killed 13 service members, the u.s. targeted wha...

Thursday on peacock, 7:00 p.m. eastern on the choice on nbc streaming panel peacock. now it is time to hand it over to my friend, ayman mohyeldin. ayman, before i go, i must ask you this. what is your reaction when you hear the biden administration suggesting this week that journalists shouldn't question official government accounts on russia or isis or other classified matters. and if we do, we're guilty of believing the kremlin and the terrorists over them? >> listen, i watched some of the exchanges this week. i find them highly troubling, highly offensive. listen, i'm old enough to remember...

Strong. but at no time did the national security council try to stop an evacuation or slow it down or gum up the works. the leaders on the ground certainly were working under incredible pressure and certainly as they gave these interviews for this investigation, they were doing that honestly not knowing these documents were going to be made public so they were very candid about what they were seeing. at the strategic level there were interagency perspectives that factored into the decision-making process, but there was nothing that was done to slow down the evacuation. >> in evacuating the fam...