against the collapse of a government in 11 days. >> reporter: questions about the chaotic evacuation, the decision to withdrawal, troop levels, and how the afghan army and government imploded so quickly. >> the fact that the afghan army that we and our partners trained simply melted away in many cases without firing a shot took us all by surprise. and it would be dishonest to claim otherwise. >> i think there was a lot of intelligence that clearly indicated that after we withdrew, um, that it was a likely outcome of a collapse of the military and collapse of the government. >> reporter: chairman of the joint chiefs, general mark milley, also in the hot seat over a series of revelations from the new book by bob woodward and robert costa called "peril." the book reports that milley reached out to his chinese counterpart in the days before the presidential election assuring him that all was okay and that the u.s. would not attack china. >> i am certain that president trump did not intend to attack the chinese. and it is my directed
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