CNN Anderson Cooper 360 August 25, 2021 00:10:00
Military analyst mark huertling. do you think sticking to the august 31 timeline is smart? >> i think the president made a point that he obviously is trying to meet that deadline, but he's also asked the pentagon and the state department to develop contingency plans. and i think that's important to do, because, frankly, we made a promise. we made a promise to united states citizens who are in afghanistan and to the afghans who fought alongside of us that we would do everything we could to evacuate them. i think we've got to still keep that promise. >> joe hertling, from your point of view, doe...