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Embassy, which was some 30 miles away. and that distance from kabul also rendered bagram of little value in the evacuation. so staying at bagram, even for counterterrorism purposes, meant staying at war in afghanistan. something that the president made clear that he would not do. and as for over the horizon operations, when we use that term, we refer to assets and target analysis that come from outside the country in which the operation occurs. these are effective and fairly common operations. and just days ago, we conducted one such strike in syria eliminating a senior al qaeda figure. over t...
To protect and defend the embassy some 30 miles away. that distance from kabul also rendered bagram of little value in the evacuation. staying at bagram even for counter terrorism purpose s meanant staying at war in afghanistan. the president made clear he would not do that. over the horizon operations, we refer to assets and target analysis that come from outside the country in which the operation occurs. these are effective and fairly common operations. just days ago we conducted such a strike in syria eliminating a senior al qaeda figure. over the horizon operations are difficult but absolu...
So let me take each in turn. retaining bagram would have required putting as many as 5,000 u.s. troops in harm's way just to operate and defend it, and it would have contributed little to the mission that we'd been assigned. and that was to protect and defend the embassy, which was some 30 miles away. distance from kabul rendered bagram of little value in the evacuation. the staying at bagram for counterterrorism purposes meant staying at war in afghanistan, something that the president made clear that he would not do. as for the horizon operations, when we use that term, we refer to assets an...
Longer to get more people out? so let me take each in turn. retaining bagram would have meant putting 5,000 u.s. troops in harm's way to operate and defend it. it would have contributed little to the mission that we've been assigned and that was to protect and defend the embassy which was some 30 miles away. that distance from kabul rendered bagram of little value in the evacuation. staying at bagram for counter terrorism purposes meant staying at war in afghanistan, something the president made clear he would not do. as for over the horizon operations, when we use that term we refer po to* as...