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Express any military or diplomatic conditions for the american withdrawal from afghanistan beyond the looming date of 9/11? what were those military conditions or diplomatic conditions that were outlined to you? >> again, once the president went through a very deliberate decisionmaking process and made his decision to exit afghanistan, there were no additional conditions placed. >> can you tell me that he did take into consideration military or diplomatic conditions and what was he weighing making those decisions? >> sure. one of the things all of us wanted to see happen was for this conflict ...

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...

Evacuation operation, and he's comfortable that throughout this deliberation his voice was heard, that he had an opportunity to provide his best advice and counsel to the commander in chief and national security team, as did other leaders here at the pentagon. it was a very inclusive, very deliberate process, and the secretary believes that the president was given the benefit of a lot of different views, not just his, but a lot of different views. and then the commander in chief made a decision. that's how it works. that's exactly how the process should work. a very calm and deliberate decisio...

I don't think how we justify keeping his account online. facebook has defended its action tells nbc news, we were prepared for this and have been aggressive than any other internet company in combatting harmful content. i'm joined by the authors, both of whom are reporters for "the new york times." thank you both for being with us today. cecilia, let me start with you, that statement from facebook says we were prepared for this. it seems obvious because the riot actually happened and was organized at least partly on facebook, they were not, in fact, prepared for it. what was the decisionmaking...

They have existed at least for a year. through the fbi background check process. and the white house, the president, the chief of staff, the chief counsel at the white house, they've decided to keep moving forward. because porter if you really want to understand the dynamic, he was a confidant of jared kush next the president's son-in-law. of hope hicks, the communications director. of so many people at the upper echelon at this white house. >> a confidant of jared kushner. we know jared and aye vank ka have a lot of influence. you say a con fidant of hope hicks. wouldn't other senior members ...