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there s a lot more questions in that room including the very obvious question, which is how many people have you gotten out since the last plane left. we know there were no people on the final five planes that left afghanistan. he was asked that question. he would decline to answer it. i have to tell you, martha. i heard a lot of detail, a lot of plans. a seven-point plan. i didn t hear a lot of firmness or strength or commitment. he said we re in touch with all the americans that are there and proceeded to talk about the 19 times since february that they had reached out to them. the subtext being hey, if they didn t get out, it s their fault. what i didn t hear and you can think of so many secretaries of state over the years, of both parties, whether it s mike pompeo or hillary clinton or colon powell and go back, you know, who would have said look, we re going to get the americaning out and we re going to hold the taliban accountable

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