explicit commitment not to leave until all american citizens were out and to safety. that is not what happened, and now we have people who are desperately frantically trying to get out of this country coming to me, coming to members of this committee asking for help. they can't get that help. they are stuck behind enemy lines so please don't tell me that we're not leaving americans behind. you left them behind. joe biden left them behind around frankly it was a disgrace. let me ask you this though. >> senator, thanks for your help and continuing to help get american citizens and afghans who have helped us out of the country but as you've seen we've continued to facilitate -- >> i didn't ask you a question. you seem to want to address the issue so since you do, isn't it true that you left americans behind on august the 31st? >> there are americans -- there were americans that were still in afghanistan. >> show yes. >> and who still are. >> we continue to work to try to get the americans out. >> that's a yes. let's not repeat, please, the frankly falsehood that we didn't leave americans behind.