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On august 18th in a media interview to the american people the president said that none of his military advisors told him that he should keep u.s. forces in afghanistan. general milley, that was a false statement by the president of the united states, was it not? >> i didn't even see the statement to tell you the truth. >> i'm reading you a truthful statement. that was a false statement. >> look, >> i don't have a lot of time. was it a false statement to the american people? >> i won't categorize the statement. >> was that a false statement by the president of the united states? you don't have...

Differently is either fooling himself or trying to fool the rest of us. i believe president biden had it exactly right, withdrawing long overdue. the withdrawal was conducted in accordance of the advice of his military advisers who planned and executed every step of this withdrawal. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator warner. senator sullivan. >> thank you. gentlemen, this committee recognizes your constitutional duty is to follow the lawful orders of the president or resign if you don't agree with his decisions and policies like secretary mattis did. but i want to emphasize, you do...

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...

Prime minister appeared to say in the statement just now that the prime minister appeared to say in the statementjust now that the risk that is— the statementjust now that the risk that is posed to the uk is unknown. he suggested in a media interview we would _ he suggested in a media interview we would rety— he suggested in a media interview we would rely on open source intelligence. could he say more attout— intelligence. could he say more about that? and also that we might be in _ about that? and also that we might be in a _ about that? and also that we might be in a position where we...