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General milley, was this an extraordinary success? >> there's two operations, senator. >> just yes or no. i have a lot of questions. was this an extraordinary success? >> senator, with all due respect, there's two operations. there's the retrograde, which miller was in charge of, and the n neo, which centcom was in charge of. the retrograde was executed and ended by mid-july with a residual force to defend the embassy. the neo -- >> you and i have discussed this. would you use the term extraordinary success for what took place in august in afghanistan? >> that's a noncombatant evacuation. one ...

0 >> thank you, senator. you're right, the tempo upped significantly, the taliban continued to make advances. our entire chain of command, myself, the chairman, general mckenzie, routinely engage the afghan leadership to encourage them to solidify their defensive plans, to make sure they were providing the right logistics to their troop, 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 problems for the afghan security forces. >> mr. secretary, i don't mean to interrupt you bu...