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Forces from somalia was 31st of december. the second was withdrawal u.s. forces from afghanistan by 15 january. so i went over and spoke to the white house, had some conversations with some folks, not the president, and we discussed the cost/risk and feasibility and suitability of that order. >> was that the first time -- well, i'll ask secretary austin. in the last 20 years, given the history in afghanistan, is that the first order at all that's come out, asking for a withdrawal? did we have withdrawal plans or withdrawal orders at all in the last 20 years from afghanistan? >> absolutely. as ...

0 during this process, the views of all of the joint chiefs of staff, all of us, the centcom commander, general mckenzie, general miller, and myself were all given serious consideration by the administration. we provided a broad range of options and our assessment of their potential outcomes. we couched that in cost, benefit, risk-to-force, risk-to-mission. all of that was evaluated against the national security objectives of the united states. on 14 april, the president of the united states, president biden, announced his decision, and the u.s. military received a change of mission, to retrog...

Sometimes unworkable. but it's about reality. the kurds currently hold thousands of isis in jail. abandoning them is morally repug anatomy, stains our moral reputation and could lead thousands of isis killers back to the battlefield. the president's point saying we've already seen evidence of kurdish officials abandoning those prisons and moving them north because they think the kurds are coming after them. them saying, you can't do this, it will make things worse. >> as far as i know, there are no withdrawal orders from d.o.d. to bring these troops back. there is no plan to do that quite yet....

The president did do something he had been criticized for doing, visited deployed forces. and of course, he made some missteps, including lying about their pay and pay raises, but on balance, is this a win for this president? did he gain more than he lost? >> absolutely. look, it was great to see the president show up in iraq. he had been far too long that he had not visited troops in a war zone. and it was a great surprise. around the holiday season, and a clear boost for morale. a sign of commitment from a president who is issuing withdrawal orders from syria and drawdowns in afghanistan. it...

Holiday time. i think we going to have to wait and see any from the troops. we absolutely know that the troops are well aware of the withdrawal orders, they're well aware of secretary mattis resigning in protest. these are political matters to some extent that they are very aware of. make no mistake. in is america's armed forces. they will be respectful and they will give any president of the united states in office the respect of the office of the presidency. that's what we'll be looking for when the video emerges from all of this. and we'll have to see and get more details about whom exactly...