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>> did you talk to bob woodward or robert costa for their book "pearl". >> woodward yes, costa, no. >> did you talk to kara and phillip for their book "alone i can fix it"? >>. >> did you talk to michael bender for his book "frankly we did win this election, the inside story of how trump lost"? >> yes. >> and were you accurately represented in these books? >> i haven't read any of the books so i don't know. i have not seen press reporting of it. i haven't read the books. >> okay. let's have you read the books and then let us know if you are accurately portrayed. >> absolutely. >> you think tha...

>> did you talk to bob woodward robert costa t theirook peril? >> woodward yes, costa, no. >> did you take to carol leona and flil rucker for the book can i fix it? >> yes. >> did you talk to michael benlder for his book, frankly we did when the election inside story of how trump lost? >> yes. >> and were you accurately represented in these books? >> i haven't read any of the books so i don't know. i have seen press reporting of it. i haven't read the book. >> let's have you read the books and let us know if you are accurately portrayed. >> marsha blackburn. robert costa, your reaction? >> it ...

It couldn't be more serious. this is whether in three years we have a democracy in this country or not. >> liz cheney named kevin mccarthy. would you like to know what he knows? >> it would be interesting to know the details of his conversations with the president. we know because of press reporting and because one of my republican colleagues in the room that he did speak with the president. and again, we need to know all the facts. i couldn't feel more strongly about this. this is not do we tax more, less, build highways, this is whether we're going to have a democracy. we need to get to the ...

0 also a key part of the plan was to maintain an embassy in kabul and maintaining that embassy would allow us to continue to engage the government, to continue to provide resources to support the afghan security forces so it was -- the plan was to leave a diplomatic presence there, and in conjunction with that plan we also were going to leave a small military force there to help secure the embassy, so that was the plan, senator. >> but you didn't address the issue that you made -- if it was your plan, you acknowledge it was your plan and your plan said you would do all these things before we g...

0 retrograde our equipment and that was accomplished. general miller executed the plan in accordance with the plan. a key part of the plan was to maintain an embassy in kabul and maintaining that embassy would allow the government to continue to provide resources to support the afghan security sources. so it was, the plan was to leave a diplomatic presence there and in conjunction with that plan, we were going to leave a small military force there to help secure the embassy. that was the plan, senator. >> but you didn't address the issue, you made, it was your plan, you acknowledged it was you...