we re going to have to use all the skills we have. yeah, as you say the words god forbid let s hope that doesn t happen what you said but yes, a very real possibility. i understand that. so you also say you say we should have a military presence in afghanistan as long as it takes to get to u.s. citizens and allies and afghan allies but the taliban say any delay to this august 31st deadline, they say it a red line. are you worried an extension could put even more lives in jeopardy here? well, i m certainly concerned about any effort by the taliban to go after people after the end of the month. but i m look, i m very mindful of the fact that there are still many tens of thousands of people we need to get out and getting people to that airport is very difficult and the end of the month will be on us before we know it and i think that we need to maintain our military presence long enough to get
think we have to acreknowledge e danger in the country is greater outside of afghanistan in terms of terrorist attack that may be organized against the homeland so there are other parts of the world where al qaeda has a bigger presence and isis has a bigger presence but over time, that could change in afghanistan. we re going to have to try to keep a close watch to make sure al qaeda doesn t reconstitute itself there and take action against isis k and make sure that it doesn t pose a growing threat to us. that s more difficult to do when you don t have those troops still on the ground but of course, when we did have the troops on the ground, they were targets and we were risking american lives in that fashion, too. so not a bright line here but i think the draw down is the right decision, and we re just going to have to really strengthen our intelligence gathering capability from other places. look, we appreciate having our leaders on to speak to the
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documents first before you bring in witnesses so you know the right questions to ask and we are working in a very bipartisan indeed non-partisan way and brought on very capable invest g investigative staff. we re getting well situated to get this important work done and one of the most important investigations congress has ever under taken. appreciate you talking about that. let s turn to afghanistan, shall we? when you take into account what you heard in the intel briefing with images coming out of kabul, volatile situation on the ground. the american citizens and afghan allies who are there and still need to be evacuated, give me your real assessment of this situation, congressman? you pretty dire. there are thousands and thousands that need to be evacuated. americans first and foremost and u.s. residents but people that
americans and i would tell anyone who is fearful that you have nothing to fear. these people are going to be just like the vietnamese and the koreans and the cubans and others who came to our country after experiencing war and hardship. nothing to fear. it s i would look, we did our part. we didn t do anything heroic. i would encourage anybody to think about helping a family or a young woman from afghanistan. help them. that s the best thing you can do. help these folks get settled and same to our allies and friends taking their fair share, too, i hope. jim, listen. numbers go up and down. stock market goes up and down. ratings go up and down. biden s approval rating dipped from 53% in april according to an nbc news poll. look, these polls are a snapshot in time. we always say that. the president is dealing with a pandemic and ending a 20-year war, which is come with severe complications. is there anything that he could do to boost domestic numbers,