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>> bret: now, you write in the book, quote, the war was nowhere near a conclusion responsible and otherwise and u.s. troops would die and fight in combat for many years to come. the bald faced claims to the contrary rank among the most egregious deceptions and lies that u.s. leaders spread during two decades of warfare. obama had scaled back military operations but he failed to pull the united states out of the quagmire. a lot was happening behind the scenes. >> there was. you know, it's striking -- remember, that was seven years ago that obama said the war was coming to a responsible conclusi...

As this is all unfolding, the taliban can look next door to iran, which is the world's greatest state sponsor of thai, continuing to conduct attacks against americans and our interest. and we're not isolating iran, we are inviting iran to be part of the world community. so, the arguments that you are getting from the biden administration suggest that they were surprised by this because they are so incoherent. >> trace: it's not fair to say, chuck, that john kirby wouldn't use the word combat but, boy, he was really hesitant. i want to watch this back and forth with he and lucas tomlinson and g...

I would refer you to my state department colleagues to speak to it. >> -- combat deployment. it's insulting for americans watching. >> i disagree,lucas. i don't think it's insulting and i'm not sure i share that sentiment at all. >> this is deploying into kabul. you tell me this isn't combat? >> lucas, what i'm telling you is -- and i've said it before -- they will have the ability to defend themselves. they will be armed. of course. they're going for a security mission. they're going for a narrowly defined mission to secure and safeguard the movement of civilian personnel and special immigran...

Around. this we need better communication with the white house listening to the pentagon. >> you talk about better communication with the white house listening to the pentagon. they are too busy out trying to pretend to us this isn't combat. doing so much fast spinning right now saying it's something else. it's hard to think that they would have a straight conversation with3)q pentagon if they are too busy trying to spin this as not combat. >> well, it seems like they are trying to spin a lot of things that jeopardize national security. trying to spin that as no more combat in afghanistan. we ...

There are better ways around. this we need better communication with the white house listening to the pentagon. >> you talk about better communication with the white house listening to the pentagon. they are too busy out trying to pretend to us this isn't combat. doing so much fast spinning right now saying it's something else. it's hard to think that they would have a straight conversation with3)q pentagon if they are too busy trying to spin this as not combat. >> well, it seems like they are trying to spin a lot of things that jeopardize national security. trying to spin that as no more comb...