for 20 years, congress has conducted over sight and provided funding for the mission in afghanistan. and i know from my own time as a staff member here in this room for then senator biden just how invaluable a partner of congress is. as i said when i was nominated, i believe strongly in congress s role as a partner in foreign policy making, i m committed to working with you on the path forward in afghanistan and to advance the interests of the american people. on this 20th anniversary of 9/11, as we honor nearly 3,000 men, women and children who lost their lives, we are reminded of why we went to afghanistan in the first place. to bring justice to those who attacked us, and to ensure it would never happen again. we achieved those objectives a long time ago. osama bin laden was killed in 2011. al qaeda s capabilities were
and where we are going in the weeks and months ahead. for 20 years congress has conducted oversight and provided funding for the mission in afghanistan. and i know from my own time as a staff member here in this room for then senator biden just how invaluable a partner congress is. as i said when i was nominated i believe strongly in congress s traditional role as a partner in foreign policy making and committed to working with you on the path forward in afghanistan and to advance the interests of the american people. on this 20th anniversary of 9/11, as we honor nearly 3,000 men, women and children who lost their lives we are reminded why we went to afghanistan in the first place. to bring justice to those who attacked us, and to insure it would never happen again. we achieved those objectives a long time ago. osama bin laden was killed in
and where we re going in the weeks and months ahead. for 20 years, congress has conducted oversight and provided funding for the mission in afghanistan and i know from my own time as a staff member here in this room before then senator biden just how invaluable a partner congress is. as i said, when i was nominated, i believed strongly in conscious traditional role as a partner in foreign policy making. i m committed to working with you on the path forward in afghanistan and to advance the interests of the american people. on this 20th anniversary of 9/11 as we honor nearly 3,000 men, women, and children who lost their lives, we are reminded of why we went to afghanistan in the first place. to bring justice to those who attacked us and to ensure it would never happen again. we achieved those objectives along time ago. osama bin laden was killed in 2011.
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issue, for him it was the straw that broke the camel s back. he has been dealing for two years with a president that doesn t believe in basic tenet of treat your friends well and treat your enemies not so well. it is like an axiom of national security and foreign policy making. he doesn t believe the president shares his values when it comes to what america stands for and what s america s role in the world. you take that big idea that james mattis has been struggling with for two years, here s a president that doesn t agree with what america has been doing in the world for 80 years, and take the second idea, he is not listening to anyone except the president of turkey. put those together, it is too much for even james mattis to suffer. i think other people feel the same way. josh rogue and, thank you for being with us. thank you. breaking news, cnn sources telling us he is less than impressed with the man he appointed to head the u.s. federal reserve. so much so, trump is floatin