there was only the cold reality that we are following through o an agreement to withdraw our forces or escalate into conflic in sending thousands more american troops back into comba in afghanistan. lurching into the third decade of conflict. i stand squarely behind my decision. after 20 years i have learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw u.s. forces. that s why we are still there. we were clear eyed about the risks. we plan for every contingency. i always promised the american people that i would be straight with you. the truth is, this did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated. so what has happened? afghanistan political leaders gave up and fled the country.
kristen, are you skill with garrett, as we re having this me? i am. conversation, as i understand has the white house, has the administration been taken aback it, mara cooper who serves as by the bipartisan nature of the the deputy assistant secretary criticism? he heard from ted cruz, lindsey of state for russia, ukraine is graham as well. it would seem as if the only republican so far who is backing this idea pubic lickly is testifying. her testimony follows the major revelations from bill taylor, the top diplomat in the ukraine. aforementioned senator rand paul walk us through what we re from kentucky. i think they were taken aback expected to hear from cooper. and for a couple of reasons. reporter: cooper is behind as you mentioned, the bipartisan closed doors. to the best of my knowledge, her pushback was robust including testimony has not actually from one of the president s started yet. that s because of a stunt that closest allies, lipid see republican members pulled
has s. when did you first learn about the animus towards donald trump. in the summer of 2017. you didn t know before he wa hired? i did not know before that. i would like the whole panel to weigh in on this. what you do for a basic conflic or appearance of conflict of checks and for an operation as important to the u.s. governmen constitution. frankly the world is this team was? you do your due diligence. you. you ask the key questions. so is there anything as when you re being considered for an executive branch approached appointment or confirmation hearings, is there anything tha could be embarrassing to the president of the united states? i think bob or whoever was doin it, should have said i need to know. i m not asking you anything about your politics. but i need to know, is there