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Which he did at some point later in the latter half of this hearing. blinken did say, look, i am responsible for the decisions i make, i am responsible for the actions of my department, i'm responsible for learning lessons that flowed from the decisions or actions and that is what i'm doing here today, trying to answer your questions and take responsibility. of course, some republicans want him to go further and resign. >> sandra: and senator mit romney pressed blinken on why withdrawal date could not have been extended, pushing back against blinken's claim he inherited deal from the trump adm...

You -- saw in the photo necessary kabul and another commander released. they began discussions in doha. they did not include the afghan government, correct? >> correct. >> they ordered afghan government to release 5000 taliban fighters, right? >> correct. >> many fighters involved in the attack on kabul today, right? is >> yes. >> okay. now let's see what the negotiation was. here is the negotiation, i supported the beginning of it. united states will leave by day certain, may of this year, right? >> correct. >> you can't attack american forces, but you can attack afghan forces with impunity, ...

Like to cover for a few minutes. noncombatant evacuation order would be a plan on how we evacuate american civilians from a foreign country should a dangerous situation arise. >> that is correct. >> prior to turning over baghram air base. >> critical element for any evacuation is airport in kabul. 40 miles from kabul the population is mostly in kabul, airport would be the airport in kabul. >> civilian airport in neighborhood more difficult to protect than airport with two runways and ability to land and lift off significant air lift capacity. i am frankly quite shocked our nato plan would have...