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obsessed with this. we've talked about this a lot on the weekend newscast that david cameron, because of his former job, can sort of slip in and out of that role very, very easily. some people might raise an eyebrow and say, "oh, perhaps too easily." but, you know, as you say, actually for prime minister, you're trying to run the country as well as run an election campaign. that is a challenge that they've got that actually the leader of the opposition doesn't have, you know, before too long there's the g7 as well. i think the prime minister will be trying to cram in and you know, th...

Grassroots members happy. i think the weird thing about this to me is that the tories had first mover advantage in this election and they went with that first mover advantage but hadn't sort out sorted out all of their candidates. and i think that they... you know, you can see why labour have had a scramble. you could see why the tories shouldn't have had a scramble because they are the ones who had a heads up, but they've had a scramble too. but candidate selection can often be very messy, so it's not unusual that big political parties end up in a bit of a mess. but susanna it's a very, very ...

Slaughtered right now as we speak with our weapons. with our damn equipment our allies are being slaughtered. >> reporter: yesterday milley and mckenzie contradicted president biden after the president claimed none of his military advisers recommended 2,500 troops stay in afghanistan to avoid a tall ban takeover >> no. no one said that to me that i can recall >> i recommended we maintained 2,500 troops in afghanistan. >> reporter: austin was pressed about it today. >> what did the president know did he forget what was told to him or is he not being truthful >> i view that as an inappropriate q...

Plan. i'd never tip off any enemy to any kind of surprise thing that we were going to do. that's a different context than that conversation. >> reporter: general mark milley insisting that administration officials knew about the calls before and after. milley says the purpose of the calls was stability between two nuclear powers. >> these are two great powers and i am doing my best to transmit the president's intent. president trump's intent to ensure the american people pror tected from an incident that could escalate. >> i understand your intent. >> reporter: republicans have prois seized on...

I engaged the chinese in order to persuade them to do that. i would never tip off any men me to a surprise thing that we would do. that's a different context than that conversation. >> thank you for taking the time to testify today. it is difficult for many of us to watch. the reality after 20 years, four u.s. presidents and billion dollars and i believe president biden made the right decision to withdraw. to stay there would have required more troops and resources with no timeline and i don't believe we could ask our service members to give their lives to a mission that wouldn't have been suc...