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The president, but i can tell you my personal opinion if you want. >> yes, please. >> yes. my assessment was back in the fall and it remained consistent throughout that we should keep a steady 2500 in order to move toward a negotiated solution. >> did you ever present that assessment personally to president biden? >> i don't discuss what my conversations are with the personal opinions are with the president. >> okay. do you share that assessment? >> i do share that assessment. >> did you ever share that with president biden? >> i'm not going to comment on my personal discussions. >> did genera...

>> bill: want to bring in one of the lawmakers questioning the generals. welcome to the program. good morning to you. the hearing begins in 26 minutes? what is your question, what do you want to know? >> good morning bill and dana. your opening reporting shows how many questions there are to address the fiasco in afghanistan. we've already heard from general scott miller in a closed setting a couple weeks ago. general miller is a legendary officer, former commander of delta force and the special operations command. it is clear that he did not advise the president to withdraw earlier this year....

Base. >> i have one final question. general milley, i can only conclude that your advice about staying in afghanistan was rejected. i'm shocked to learn that your advice wasn't sought until august 25th. i understand that you're the principal military advisor. if all this is true, why haven't you resigned? >> senator, as a senior military officer, resigning is a really serious thing. it's a political act if i'm resigning in protest. my job is to provide legal advice or best military advice to the president. that's my legal requirement. that's what the law is. the president doesn't have to agree...

And evacuation was a great accomplishment. what about our credibility? >> as i engage my counterparts, i think our credibility remains solid. clearly, senator, there will be people who question things going forward but i would say that, you know, the united states military is one that -- the united states of america, people place great trust and confidence in. relationships are things we have to work on continuously and we understand that and will continue to do that. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm also very grateful to our service members who committed so much over the last 20 ...

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