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Dedication to this country, for the sacrifices that they and their families make in any theater of war and make every day for us. but our exit from afghanistan was a disaster and the missteps that are there are outlined had consequences that struck close to hope. as a nebraskan, corporal dagan paige was one of the 13 service members killed in action. and we should not forget, we have the policy discussions here today that let us remember the human sacrifice. we also left american citizens behind. general milley, in your written testimony, you stated withdrawal would increase risks of regional instability, the security of pakistan and its nuclear arsenals, a global rise in violent extremist organizations, our global credibility with allies and partners would ....
0 there s no doubt in my mind that our efforts prevented an attack on the homeland from afghanistan, which was our core original mission. and everyone who has served in that war has been proud. your service mattered. beginning in 2011, we steadily drew down our troop numbers, consolidated and closed bases and retrograded equipment from afghanistan. at the peak in 2011, we had 97,000 u.s. troops alongside 41,000 nato troops in afghanistan. ten years later, when ambassador calisade signed the agreement on 29, february, 2020, the united states had 12,600 u.s. troops with 8,000 nato and 10,500 contractors. this has been a ten-year multi-administration drawdown. not a 19-month or 19-day ne-yo. under the doha agreement, the u.s. would begin to withdraw its forces, contingent upon the taliban meeting certain conditions, which would lead to a political agreement between the taliban and the government of afghanistan. there were seven conditions applicable to the taliban and eight conditions app ....