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Measures with the taliban? >> simply put, the nature of the relationship the taliban would have with us or most other countries around the world will depend entirely on its conduct and action specifically with regard to freedom and making good of the counterterrorism commitments, and these are things that not only we but countries around the world are looking at, and there's significant leverage that we and other countries go when it comes to things the taliban says it wants but won't get if it does not act in a way that meets these expectations. for example, we talked a little bit about the e...

Measured reduction in force. i feel this administration is trying to blame the prior administration and contrary to some that have said that the prior administration started this is responsible, that's simply not true. the prior administration, when they took steps towards withdrawing from afghanistan entered into an agreement that had very, very specific conditions. i was privy to those so i have personal knowledge of this. in february 2020, an agreement was contingent, contingent, upon the taliban reducing violence, meeting counterterrorism commitments and engaging in talks with the afghan g...

0 i thank you very much for the way that you have kept us engaged and informed as decisions have been made. as you pointed out, the biden administration was dealt a very difficult hand on the withdrawal from afghanistan. we all recognize we needed to withdrawal and the options were extremely limited. the mistakes made by previous administrations, we talked about it, but i think we need to understand that many of us did not support the 2002 campaign to go into iraq. one of those reasons was we wanted to complete the mission in afghanistan when we had a chance to do it when the taliban was dimin...

Here and make specific threats. i would rather deal with the taliban in a direct and decisive way privately. and we believe they fully understand the extent to which should they choose to go back on their commitments with respect to safe passage or their counterterrorism commitments or others, there will be a significant price to pay, and it is in their self-interest not to do that. >> jake, about 13 days ago i believe president biden told abc news that the u.s. military would stay in afghanistan past the august 31st date if american citizens who wanted to get out remained in country by the de...

Today said he was looking for positive relations on behalf of the taliban, especially with the united states. we're not just going to grant positive relations to the taliban. they're going to have to earn everything from the international community through actions, not words. that begins with safe passage for americans and afghan allies and that also includes them living up to their counterterrorism commitments, including that afghanistan can never again be used as a base from which to attack the united states or our allies again. >> jake sullivan, i want to just give you the last word. this s...