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that s a fact. that s not a.i. i m bill hemmer. good morning at home. today s house oversight hearing looking at the chaotic withdrawal of kabul and the way it was handled that allowed u.s. military equipment to fall into the hands of the taliban, destabilizing the entire region and resulting in the deaths of 13 u.s. service members and hundreds of americans left behind. a separate hearing on afghanistan yesterday taking direct aim at previous denials of the chaos by the white house. denials like this. and so for all this talk of chaos, i didn t see it. not from my perch. at one point during the evacuation there was an aircraft taking off full of people americans and afghans alike every 48 mission and not one mission was missed. i don t buy whole argument of chaos, i m sorry. administration continues to downplay what happened is an insult to the service members sitting here and throughout the united states of america. one doesn t have to see the horrific images or f ....
(tense music) (gun fires) (siren blares) (farkhunda speaks in foreign language) (dramatic string music) - like this? (sadaf speaks in foreign language) (hopeful music) (banin speaks in foreign language) (people cheering) (frishta speaks in foreign language) (calming music) (banin speaks in foreign language) (frishta speaks in foreign language) (tamana speaks in foreign language) (sadaf speaks in foreign language) - [reporter] the taliban are on the march and gaining territory at an astonishing rate. the white flag that signifies the taliban takeover is flying in large swathes of the country right now, and they re creeping closer to the capital. (frishta speaks in foreign language) - [reporter] tonight, the afghan army is trying to hold back the taliban in the north s biggest city, mazar-i-sharif. - [speaker] there is increased concern of the government and kabul collapsing. the taliban has now taken over two thirds of the country. (sadaf speaks in foreign language) (ban ....
And what he was showing me was the base being destroyed. the americans were leaving the base, and that required them to destroy anything that couldn t be in taliban hands. (farkhunda speaks in foreign language) - i had to explain to them, you know, the the smoke that you saw, the fire that you saw, that was your pathway out. (sadaf and frishta speaking in foreign language) (sadaf laughs) - yeah? (sadaf and frishta speaking in foreign language) ....
Responsibility but then really laid most of the blame on the trump administration. so this morning you can bet that house oversight republicans are definitely going to attempt to rip that argument apart. 13 brave service members died. we left billions of dollars of equipment behind in taliban hands. we left american citizens and allies behind. this was a debacle. the biden administration needs to level with the american people and admit to it. that s what house republicans on the oversight committee will be focusing on today. on the witness list today multiple inspectors general from the defense department, state department, pay close attention to the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction. that s because chairman comer says the biden white house has been obstructing his investigation. comer writing this. this administration not only continues to provide excuses for the self-inflicted humanitarian ....