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Morning in anticipation for that onslaught of the 15,000 strong caravan. you see behind me where the migrants are checking in but also the national guard called in for the crowd control to make sure things remain under the civil protection that they want here as these migrants try to get their refugee status and work papers. one of the migrants we talked to was ?aimd stephenson and he has a message for president biden. >> i would like it for president biden, haiti -- >> bill: will you go back to haiti? >> no, never. never. >> there is anger towards the biden administration for sending a mixed ...

But that started to be -- to be fair that started long before doha. some commentators suggested that since 2014 the taliban have been surrounding provision capitals, insinuating themselves into the politics of the local communities, striking bargains. is that your impression, too, general mckenzie? >> sir, it is a good assessment from 2014 on the taliban did pursue that strategy and had some success. the government of afghanistan also had success holding onto to population centers but the taliban pursued a strategy and had some success with it. >> now, general -- secretary austin, you did prov...

We told our interpreters, our drivers, our friends, the people who had had our backs during this entire period of time that we would not abandon them. and that's exactly what we did. and in an interview that's already been referred to on network news, president biden says, and i quote, if there's american citizens left, we're going to stay and get them all out. two days later, the president of the united states unequivocally said, any american that wants to come on, we'll get you home. we're going to stay and get them out. the president of the united states, our commander in chief, did exactly...

During this process, the views of the joint chiefs of staff, all of us, the centcom commander, general mckenzie, the u.s. 4a commander, general miller, and myself, were all given serious consideration by the administration. we provided a broad range of options and our assessment of their potential outcomes. the cost/benefit, risk to force, and risk to mission were evaluated againstives of the united states. on 14 april, the president announced his decision and the u.s. military received a change of mission to retrograde all u.s. military forces, maintain a small contingency force of 6 to 700 t...

Fly out of for the over the horizon counterterrorism mission s. is that true? >> senator, this is a mission that i believe came up during a conversation that the president had with president putin, where president putin offered to offer to provide assistance. >> but have you reached out to the russians asking specifically to use bases? general milley just recently had a conversation with his russian counterpart. >> so the reports are true that have been coming out today? >> i can assure you that we are not seeking russia's permission to do anything. but i believe and general milley can speak f...