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0 why wasn't action taken to secure the kabul airport or retake bagram then? >> thank you, senator. you're right, the tempo had picked up significantly, yet the taliban continued to make advances. our entire chain of command, myself, the chairman, general mckenzie routinely engaged the afghan leadership to encourage them to solidify their defensive plans, to make sure they were providing the right logistics to their troops 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 probl...

0 retake bagram then? >> thank you, senator. you are right, the tempo had picked up significantly. the taliban continued to make advances. our entire chain of command, myself, the chairman, general mckenzie, routinely engaged in after began leadership to encourage them to solidify their defensive plans, to make sure they were providing the right logistics to their troops and stiffen their defenses to no avail. and 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...

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...

Mr. foreign policy, mr. chairman of the foreign policy committee with all this experience as vice president let everybody down. he didn't return boris jobs' call for 48 hours after he decided to pull everybody out. ainsley: after the media. brian: do you believe this. ainsley: after the media started reporting he hadn't talked to a world leader. brian: stayed in the hamptons and went to walter reed -- excuse me not walter reed, camp david. this is outrageous. the other big story is that there is this pushback, i see jennifer griffin's pushback from the pentagon that the gate was actually close...

August 31st, they were on a different calendar. but when it came to our loyal afghan allies, a lot of those folks were waiting on administrative delays on their visas. we could have sped it up. and then you do not have the crowds at the airport. you do not have the crush. you don't have the situations that put the marines at ghost company into an impossible situation to risk their lives to keep those gates open. i think it is a lot of revisionist history to think this is the best way it could have gone. i'm surprised he didn't take congress's advice. when the airport was still open, when turki...