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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't...

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...

At ha dim karzai airport. we should transition that program to one that uses diplomatic channels. we're going to be able to get all americans who want to leave out before august 31st. the question of bagram air base in particular is one that troubles me, too. it's why i've called for a thorough after action review both by the administration as well as congressional oversight not just of the withdrawal but of the entire conduct of the 20-year war in afghanistan. we need to understand and declassify the decision-making around national security and we need to know whether the transition out of ba...

Deprive them of a base of operations in afghanistan and to bring to justice the architects of this attack and to prevent future attacks. that's going to look like a collage of surgical connectic capabilities and diplomacy. the united states has significant leverage still over the taliban, 90% of their reserves are in u.s. banks. 75% of their government funding comes from international donors. they don't know how to operate an international airport. we would have more leverage over the taliban if we remained a troop presence in afghanistan, given that's not an advisable option, we need to use o...

Frame. if you get outside of that time frame, retake bagram. let the taliban know that you're not going to leave until every citizen is out there. you offer assistance in the panzir valley, take other heads. but you have to show force and come back in and set up alternative things, not have a single point of failure. >> martha: yes. well, we'll see if the president is expanding his thinking in those areas at all. we haven't heard that from him yet and we can confirm that president biden will speak at 5:00 p.m. this evening. we hope this that time line sticks. it's been awhile since the america...