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Behind in afghanistan, the military is going to stay until we get them out. general milley, did that statement turn out to be true or untrue by the president? >> i think that was the intent, but we gave him a recommendation on the 25th of august to terminate the mission on the 31st of august. >> the statement was untrue. let me ask another question. general milley, general mckenzie the president around the same time said, quote, al qaeda was gone from afghanistan. was that true or not true? was al qaeda gone from afghanistan in mid august? true or not true? >> al qaeda is still in afghan. they...

Military is going to stay until we get them out. general milley, was that statement -- did that statement turn out to be true or untrue by the president? >> i think that was the intent, but we gave him a recommendation on the 25th of august to terminate the mission on the 31st of august. >> the statement was untrue. let me ask another question. general milley, general mckenzie, the president around the same time said, "al qaeda was gone from afghanistan," told the american people that. was that true or not true? was al qaeda gone from afghanistan in mid-august? true or not true? >> al qaeda is...

0 why wasn't action taken to secure the kabul airport or retake bagram then? >> thank you, senator. you're right, the tempo had picked up significantly, yet the taliban continued to make advances. our entire chain of command, myself, the chairman, general mckenzie routinely engaged the afghan leadership to encourage them to solidify their defensive plans, to make sure they were providing the right logistics to their troops and further stiffen their defenses, to no avail. to compound that, president ghani continued to make changes in the leadership of the military and this created further probl...

0 >> thank you, senator. you're right, the tempo upped significantly, the taliban continued to make advances. our entire chain of command, myself, the chairman, general mckenzie, routinely engage the afghan leadership to encourage them to solidify their defensive plans, to make sure they were providing the right logistics to their troop, and further stiffen their defenses. to no avail. 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 mean to interrupt you bu...

The mission. we've got the capabilities in country where we could do that. now, having said that, that's our view of the world. let's push it aside. over the course of the next several days, you'll have to have a retrograde operation. the military forces, the marines and airborne troopers from the 82nd will have to come out. they'll have to come out with their equipment. simultaneously, we will maintain the process of getting american citizens and those designated by the state department, those afghan nationals designated by the state department to be extracted. we will not, the united states ...