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Afghans. i visited with afghans, our troop, many federal agencies work together, n gegos. compassion on the american side and the deep appreciation on the afghan side. my chief criticism is why did the afghan military and government collapse so quickly and why did we overestimate their capacity? the second half of that question is important. to any who said we couldn't see this coming, members of the committee know that's wrong. an immediate collapse maybe wouldn't have been the most likely but we've heard estimates of after again strength were overestimated. we had a good evacuation plan but ...

The firtion of the eight forts that processed afghanistan and i visited afghans, troops and ngos. the competent and compassionate service on the american side and the deep gratitude among afghans made a deep impression on me. we should do all we can to make the transition to a safe life in america as productive as possible. my chief criticism and question why did the afghan security forces and government collapse so quickly and why do d the u.s. so overestimated their capacity. the second question is important, to any who have said we couldn't see this coming members of this committee know tha...

0 retake bagram then? >> thank you, senator. you are right, the tempo had picked up significantly. the taliban continued to make advances. our entire chain of command, myself, the chairman, general mckenzie, routinely engaged in after began leadership to encourage them to solidify their defensive plans, to make sure they were providing the right logistics to their troops and stiffen their defenses to no avail. and 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...

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...

>> the fact that the president -- it seems that the president's chief criticism is that he thinks mcraven somehow dragged his feet going an osama bin laden. i do want to know what that tells you, what that says to you, and also the president put out a new statement this morning that seemed -- i'll read it. of course, we should have captured osama bin laden long before we did. i pointed him out in my book before the attack on the world trade center. he goes on to take a shot at bill clinton. maybe he's trying to explain this, but does this clear -- i don't know, does it clear it up for you? >> ...