material support but we cannot substitute for afghan moral factors like leadership. and so to that point, sir, about the moral component of the afghan army. general john allen has written a piece out today calling on president biden to reverse his decision and to re-engage, so to speak, the fight in afghanistan and to push back the taliban. you were back in april one of those who supported the idea of the u.s. withdraw. i m curious, have you had any change of heart just seeing what has played out over the past couple of days? no. the i have not. it s because of this enduring quality of war that we can provide and have provided and continue to provide the material support that afghans rur. but we can t substitute for their leadership. and it doesn t matter how long we stay engaged in this. it will always be leadership and
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expect congress to become unhinged if the white house tried to counter mand spending passed by the house and the senate. the administration was aware of potential ramifications of this and how congress responded. robert blair is one of the four witnesses democrats said they want to call in a senate trial. chuck schumer has tweeted this piece out, saying it provides even more reason why those witnesses should be called, including john bolton. by my count this piece actually marks two separate occasions on which john bolton is said to have met with the president about this aid. so i think that reinforces the need to get him in front of the senate if possible. the first time since july, at least democrats will continue to be calling for him to come testify. blair was pretty forthcoming vladimir putin and president trump spoke on the telephone. here, was pretty forthright in that call took place sunday. his prediction here that this according to the white house, would set off congress,
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