mission in afghanistan after 20 years. it took guts and was the right thing to do and should have been earlier. a virginia service member whose wife is expecting said to me recently irges so glad my baby is not being born into a country at war. some will point out that u.s. troops are still deployed, still in harm s way, still carrying out limited military strikes around the world. but to the families of those who have been deployed over and over again into iraq and afghanistan over the course of the last 20 years, they are relieved that america is now turning the page and rejecting the notion that we should be a nation in permanent war. second, the effort to evacuate more than 120,000 people to safety under chaotic circumstances was remarkable. i visited dallas expo center, the principal arrival point for about 80% of the afghans and visited ft. lee, the first of the eight forts that process
0 why wasn t action taken to secure the kabul airport or retake bagram then? thank you, senator. you re right, the tempo had picked up significantly, yet the taliban continued to make advances. our entire chain of command, myself, the chairman, general mckenzie routinely engaged the afghan leadership to encourage them to solidify their defensive plans, to make sure they were providing the right logistics to their troops and further stiffen their defenses, to no avail. to compound that, president ghani continued to make changes in the leadership of the military and this created further problems for the afghan security forces. i don t mean to interrupt you, but my time is lapsing. this gets to the overestimation, i think the overly optimistic assessment, because even as late as july you re still encouraging the afghan special forces, you re expecting the ghani government to remain. in december of 2019, the washington post reported that the u.s. military commanders privately express
0 thank you, senator. you re right, the tempo upped significantly, the taliban continued to make advances. our entire chain of command, myself, the chairman, general mckenzie, routinely engage the afghan leadership to encourage them to solidify their defensive plans, to make sure they were providing the right logistics to their troop, and further stiffen their defenses. to no avail. to compound that, president ghani continued to make changes in the leadership of the military, and this created further problems for the afghan security forces. mr. secretary, i don t mean to interrupt you but my time is elapsing. so this gets to the overestimation that i think the overly optimistic assessment. even as late as july you re still encouraging the afghan special forces. you re expecting the ghani government to remain, but that was not the case. in december of 2019 the washington post reported that the u.s. military commanders privately expressed a lack of confidence that the afghan army a
cracks. now, sandra, we ll see the secretary of state blinken at dulles airport late this afternoon. a major arrival point for the refugees. not clear whether or not he will be speaking but certainly another part of the story. sandra: we have not heard from him too much or that much throughout this debacle. griff, thank you. bill: state department revealing most of the afghans who worked for the united states mill taefr and applied for special visas to get out have been left behind. matt griffin, welcome to our program and good morning to you. we have spoken many times over the past 2 1/2 weeks. what did you think of the pentagon brass finally speaking yesterday, each one took time to deliver a speech and took a grand total of three questions. what did you think of that? i think all of their speeches are just a copy paste rearranged of their previous speeches and burning up the clock and not answering the
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