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Defense? the chairman of the joint chiefs. if pressed they might say no we advised the biden administration and national security advisor and secretary of state it would be a fiasco, disaster. they pressed ahead anyway for political purposes. it makes no sense to surrender bagram. that is 25 miles north of kabul, easily defensible, secure perimeter and multiple runways. now our evacuation plan is an airport with a single runway. i don't know how they can maintain this if i can thun sha it was part of the plan. sullivan also suggested there would not be any adverse effect on our deterrent postu...

Here, they have a mission. their mission is to fight against isis. this area has the highest concentration of isis fighters anywhere in the world, still. >> richard engel, thank you so much, be safe out there. joining me now is republican congressman mike gallagher who serves on the armed services committee and is a military veteran himself. congressman, what is your reaction to all these twists and turns and the president's rationalization for it? >> well, my primary concern in syria is that we can see cascading effects. in other words, our deterrent posture in the region could collapse. if...

Tomlinson explains. >> reporter: russia's military is modernizing at a disturbing pace, threatening to undermine american forces in the region. that from the head of u.s. and nato forces in europe. >> while the united states maintains a global military superiority over russia, evolving russian capabilities threaten to erode our competitive military advantage, and i'm not comfortable yet with the deterrent posture we have in europe. >> reporter: to counter russia, the general told lawmakers he needs more troops in europe as well as carrier strike groups. his comments come one week before the pe...

He had to say. >> well, general curtis scaparrotti is on capitol hill, still testifying at this hour, right now before the senate armed services committee. he's the head of european command, so he oversees all u.s. military operations in europe. and a short time ago, he was asked by the committee chairman, senator inhofe, whether he was satisfied that the u.s. military had enough capability and enough ability to respond to russian aggression. general scaparrotti's answer, perhaps, not very comforting. >> i'm not comfortable yet with the deterrent posture that we have in europe in support of th...

This morning, a sobering new warning from a top u.s. general in europe about the growing military threat coming from russia and the general says the u.s. isn't ready. cnn's barbara starr is at the pentagon with more on this. barbara, what are you learning this morning? >> well, good morning, kate. general curtis scaparrotti is the head of the u.s. european command. he was testifying on capitol hill about the status of u.s. troops in europe and what they are ready and not ready to do. very cool, very calm, very collected, but when you listen to his words, it is a very sobering message he had to...