Inspector general sopko, welcome to the Foreign Affairs committee. Forward to learning the lessons of afghanistan, but also getting some input to what we should do in the future. Afghanistanes in over the last six years have 10. Aged roughly we mourn those deaths and take them seriously. Compared to the other ,onflicts we are engaged in compared to the training deaths we suffer in our military, we cannot have the exhaustion of 10 years ago blind us to what is the operation now, and what is its cost. I know the chairman has an opening statement, but i will ,ecognize the Ranking Member then i will recognize our witness for his opening statement, and hopefully by then we will hear the chairmans statement. Thank you mr. Chairman pro tem, United States has been in afghanistan for almost 19 years, the longest war in the history of the United States. We sacrificed much on the battlefield, but we achieved a great deal. We decimated al qaeda and greatly weakened their global network. As a resul
Migrants in turkey gather at a crossing into europe after ankara says it will no longer hold them back but greece is blocking its borders determined to stave off a new wave of refugees. Im married to evanston its good to have you with us the United States and the taliban have signed an agreement aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of conflict in afghanistan the 2 sides signed the deal in qatars capital doha following a year and a half of talks both have committed to a reduction in violence the agreement paves the way for the United States to gradually withdraw its troops from afghanistan and in return the taliban has promised not to allow the country to be used as a base for terrorist attacks against the west. Hugh well for more were joined now by our correspondent was me who is in doha covering the signing ceremony for us hello to you was a lot so the agreement has just been signed a short time ago what is happening now. Mariano thank you for having me well the incas dried and people cam
Efforts in afghanistan. We will come to order. All members will have five days to submit statements to the record. Notice, we are here today to examine the lessons from americas war in afghanistan. , welcome general sopko to the Foreign Affairs committee. I look forward to learning the lessons of afghanistan, but also getting some input to what we should do in the future. Learning the lessons of afghanistan, but also getting some input to what we should do in the future. Afghanistanes in over the last six years have 10. Aged roughly we mourn those deaths and take them seriously. Compared to the other ,onflicts we are engaged in compared to the training deaths we suffer in our military, we cannot have the exhaustion of 10 years ago blind us to what is the operation now, and what is its cost. I know the chairman has an opening statement, but i will ,ecognize the Ranking Member then i will recognize our witness for his opening statement, and hopefully by then we will hear the chairmans st
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