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Consequential matter. let me move onto another recommendation they're reported to have made. it was the unanimous recommendation of the joint chiefs that we not maintain a military presence beyond august 31st. when was that unanimous recommendation sought and presented to the president? >> are you talking about the 31 august? >> yes. >> on 25 august i was asked to make an assessment and provide best military advice. >> august 25th. >> correct. >> kabul fell on august 15th. >> that is correct. >> you were not asked before august 25th? >> on august 25th i was asked to provide an assessment on wh...

The deputy assistant secretary of defense for asia pacific policy helped coordinate my call which was then scheduled for 8 january and he made a preliminary call on 6 january. 11 people attended that call with me and read-outs of this call were distributed to the interagency that same day. shortly after my call ended with general lee, i personally informed both secretary of state pompeo and white house chief of staff meadows about the call among other topics. soon after that, i attended a meeting with acting secretary miller where i briefed him on the call. later that day on 8 january speaker ...

Ties to al qaeda and we're at the mercy of pakistan government to get into the afghan airspace. even if we can get there, we can't strike al qaeda in afghanistan because we're worried about what the taliban will do to the americans who are still there. and americans are still there. the administration needs to be honest because the -- because of president biden's dishonest decision the terrorist threat to american families is rising significantly while our ability to deal with these threats has declined decidedly. we will have another hearing with expert witnesses on thursday, just two days fr...

That they are now on without the support that they have been used to for many years. throughout this spring we saw many districts quickly fall to the taliban, many without firing a shot. this is why i urged president biden in june to rethink his approach and maintain a small force in afghanistan in order to prevent the collapse we ultimately saw. it was also why the members of this committee on both sides of the aisle spent months urging the administration to evacuate americans and our afghan partners sooner. but president biden and his advisors didn't listen to his combat commander, he didn't...

My personal recommendation to the president but i will give you my honest opinion and my honest opinion and view shaped my recommendation. i recommended we maintain 5,200 troops in afghanistan and recommended earlier in the fall of 2020 that we maintain 4,500 at that time. those are my personal views. i also have a view that the withdrawal of those forces would lead to the collapse of the afghan military forces and eventually the afghan government. >> understand that. general milley i assume you agree with that in terms of the recommendation of 2500? >> what i said in my opening statement and ...