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yes. and were you accurately represented in these the books? i haven t read any of the books so i don t know. i ve seen press reporting of it. okay. i haven t read the book. let s have you read the books and then let us know if you were accurately portrayed. happy to do that. senator blackburn, we re adhering to the five-minute rule. thank you. senator rosen, please. thank you, chairman reed, ranking member inhofe for tolding today s hearing. the critical part of this committee s oversight responsibilities. it s an opportunity for the american people to get answers about our withdrawal from afghanistan and how we plan to counter terrorist threats in the future. i also want to sincerely thank the brave men and women who served our country in afghanistan, many who made the ultimate sacrifice and, of course, their families as well. secretary austin, general milley and general mckenzie, i appreciate you all being here to
appreciate the support this committee continues to provide them and their families. thank you. thank you, mr. secretary. general milley, i believe you have a statement. chairman reed, ranking member inhoff, thank you for the opportunity to be here to discuss afghanistan. as you mentioned up front, we submitted matters for the record, lengthy statement of this cutdown oral version and i know it got too late. during the past 20 years, the men and women of the united states military along with our allies and partners fought the taliban, brought osama bin laden to justice, denied al qaeda sanctuary and protected our homeland for two consecutive decades. over 800,000 of us in uniform served in afghanistan. most importantly, 2,461 of us gave the ultimate sacrifice. while 20,698 of us were wounded
recognized. chairman reed, ranking member inhofe, members of this committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss our recent draw down and evacuation operations in afghanistan. i m pleased to be joined by generals milley and mckenzie who i know will be able to provide you with additional context. i d like to make a few points before turning it over to you and to them, and first i want to say how incredibly proud i am of the men and women of the u.s. armed forces who conducted themselves with tremendous skill and professionalism throughout the war, the draw down and the evacuation. over the course of our nation s longest war, 2,461 of our fellow americans made the ultimate sacrifice, along with more than 20,000 who still bear the wounds of war, some of which cannot be seen on the outside. we can discuss and debate the
so in conclusion i would just like to say this, president biden made a strategic decision to leave afghanistan, which resulted in the death of 13 u.s. service members, the deaths of hundreds of afghan civilians including women and children. that s what terrorists do. and left american citizens surrounded by the very terrorists who had attacked us on 9/11 and they re still there. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you very much, senator inhofe. secretary austin and chairman milley, the doha agreement excuse me. we want to give you an opportunity to have opening statements as i ve been reminded. so, general austin, you re recognized. chairman reed, ranking member