hello, every one. second hour of newsroom. any moment president biden will address the nation from state dining room there at the white house and con front this new place in american history. the president who ended the longest war in u.s. history in afghanistan for the first time in two decades and after a chaotic and deadly two weeks. u.s. troops have ceased all military operations in afghanistan. the taliban is declaring victory and flaunting some elements of their new arsenal. with us now, we have cnn chief national affairs correspondent. what does the president want to tell the country? reporter: you know that president biden was meeting with his national security adviser here at the white house earlier. some of the details from the meeting are likely to infuse his speech that he ll be giving.
leave. for those remaining americans, there is no deadline. we remain committed to get them out if they want to come out. secretary of state blinken, is leading the efforts to ensure safe passage for any american, afghan partner, foreign national who wants to leave afghanistan. in fact, just yesterday, the united nation security council passed a resolution that sent a clear message about the international community expects the taliban to deliver on moving forward. freedom of travel. freedom to leave. together we re joined by over 100 countries that are determined to make sure the taliban upholds the commitments.
leave afghanistan. joining us now to discuss, cnn s kaitlan collins and clarissa ward. we also have with us retired lieutenant general douglas loot, former coordinator for afghanistan at the national security council under presidents obama and bush. he s also the former u.s. ambassador to nato. kaitlan, let me start with you at the white house. what are you hearing from the white house about the tone of his speech, which at times seemed rather defiant? reporter: it was very defiant, jake. i think actually throughout a lot of that speech, a very defiant and forceful response to some criticisms of the way that the handling of this exit has gone. he also defended of course the idea overall the bigger picture that the u.s. is leaving afghanistan and now it has now left afghanistan. of course, a decision he made back in april. and the president was saying that he does not believe that there is any better way that this exit could ve gone. he said he respectfully disagrees with the critics
what it will look like without dip employee mats on the ground. i want to go from the big picture that we have been talking about to the iconic picture that many of us have now seen. that is the last serviceman to leave afghanistan. when you know the back story, it s even more poignant. these photos, this photo of him through these night vision goggles or this look is just so poignant because this is major general chris donahue. he deployed 17 times in afghanistan and iraq and syria and elsewhere and he spent much of his deployment trying to train the afghan army and the security forces after 9/11. just hearing all of that, just even makes it, his body language
done over many centuries of afghan s history. moving on from that mind set and those kind of large scale troop deployments will make us stronger and more effective and safer at home. for anyone who gets the wrong idea, let me say clearly, to those who wish america harm, to those engaged in terrorism against us or our allies, no this. the united states will never rest. we will not forgive. we will not forget. we ll hunt you down to adviser of the earth and you will pay the ultimate price. let me be clear. we ll continue to support the afghan people through diplomacy, international influence and humanitarian aid. we will continue to push for