MSNBC Jose Diaz-Balart Reports September 29, 2021 14:12:00
And we identified critical indicators of an impending collapse of the afghan national defense forces. we crafted branches to our base plan, to account for a complete collapse of the afghan security forces. the secretary took action in may to make forces available to me for planning. on july the 9th, i requested that our base neo force, the core package that would go in, be put on 96-hour prepare-to-deploy orders. by august 11th, it was evident to me that kabul was at risk and i requested the deployment of a brigade of the 82nd airborne unit and i requested that they be deployed into hamad karz...