the agreement. meanwhile, the generals are saying a complete military pullout was not what they wanted and they recommended leaving a few thousand american troops behind. i won t share my personal recommendation to the president, but i will give you my honest opinion and my honest opinion and view shaped my recommendation. i recommended we maintain 2,500 troops in afghanistan. jen mgeneral milley, i assum agree with 2,500? i do agree with that. that contradicts earlier remarks by joe biden who told abc news he didn t recall anyone recommending those troop levels to him. the range of viewpoints were given to the president on how to afghanistan. our nic robertson has recently returned from afghanistan and tracking this from abu dhabi. nic, what i heard there we just played out was america s top generals saying their views were heard but not followed. what stood out to you from what