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More than 650 service members. it was not feasible to preserve the u.s. embassy in kabul, hold and defend hamid karzai international airport, the embassy's key link to the outside world, and also defend bagram airfield with 650 soldiers and marines. this is important. the bagram option went away when we ordered to reduce our presence to the 650 personnel in kabul. i would like to shift briefly to the neo, which i have noted, was a completely different operation than the withdrawal. they were separate. the withdrawal began in april, following the president's direction. the decision to conduct a...

This is not throwing state department colleagues under bus, it is dynamic and challenging situation. >> you stated neo planning included embassy personnel, when did neo planning include afghans and sivs? >> late in spring, early in summer, began to broaden that plan. >> thank you. >> mr. franklin is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman and gentlemen for your patience and persistence last two days. this is a lot of hours to be sitting before all of us and in this batting order most of the ground broke. couple of things, but first, i was puzzled hearing general mckenzie's characterization of d...

April was to plan for a diplomatic security force of no more than 650 service members. it was not feasible to preserve the u.s. embassy in kabul, hold and defend the international airport, embassy's key link to the outside world and defend bagram airfield with 650 soldiers and marines. this is important. the bagram option went away when we were ordered to reduce our presence to the 650 personnel in kabul. i would like to ift briefly to the neo, it was a completely different operation than a withdrawal. they were separate. the withdrawal began in april following the president's direction. the d...

0 during this process, the views of all of the joint chiefs of staff, all of us, the centcom commander, general mckenzie, general miller, and myself were all given serious consideration by the administration. we provided a broad range of options and our assessment of their potential outcomes. we couched that in cost, benefit, risk-to-force, risk-to-mission. all of that was evaluated against the national security objectives of the united states. on 14 april, the president of the united states, president biden, announced his decision, and the u.s. military received a change of mission, to retrog...