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Listen, i've spoken to afghans who are sheltering in place right now out of fear. and americans as well. because regardless of what they are hearing from the embassy, they are just worried if they go out that they will be in danger. and that was an honest admission from general austin that they don't have the capability to go out and get everyone. that would require taking not just kabul, right, but the potential of going to other areas of the country which they don't seem prepared to do or have the resources to do. what struck me about that drpre conference, you had two leaders there who didn...

To work with ngos to evacuate afghan allies. number three, it has to persist a counterterrorism capability in af afghanistan and turn that into over-the-horizon ape capability. and then, the country needs to use its leverage with the next government of afghanistan to try to secure hard-run games for a civil society and for the empowerment of women and girls in the capital region. >> you mentioned using our leverage to mitigate the situation as best we can. if i was a taliban fighter right now, i wouldn't give a damn what the u.s. thinks of me. you beat us down. we made it all the way back. we ...

More deterioration, so absolutely watching this with a measure of concern, no question about that. spin on the administration is looking at an afghan civil war that they must work out, but the intelligence community is saying that al qaeda has an intent to take control into the taliban if they take over the government there. isn't that why we went in in the first place? are you worried you are going to have to go back in? >> we are obviously concerned about any resurgent of any terrorist network and afghanistan. it's not like they all permanently left. we know that they are groups like isis th...

Emphasize repeatedly and i've said this before, a negative outcome, caliban automatic military takeover is not a foregone conclusion. we will monitor the situation closely and make adjustments as necessary. additionally, we will always maintain the capability of self-defense. we possess the military means and have several options at our disposal to fully protect our force in afghanistan and throughout the region. if needed, the uss ronald reaga is on station, a package of long-range bombers, additional fighter-bombers, and two formations are ready to quickly respond if necessary and directed. ...

If we draw down the focus is going to be on what kind of counterterrorism capability we leave behind and what else we're doing to stop terrorism financing, recruitment and other means of support. >> we know the president met with his team on afghanistan when he was spending his time in new jersey. he was also tweeting about a whole host of other things. including what's happening in hong kong, the protests there. what should the u.s. posture be on that? >> well, president trump is actually, i hope, preparing to see chinese president xi jinping at the g7 next weekend. what he should be doing is...