humanitarian aid. and nbc news has learned overnight, my colleagues courtney kube, carol lee, josh lederman, and myself, saw there may be an announcement of an increased troop level in the european states. it d send a strong signal to russia. what the president is not expected to announce, a no fly zone or the polish migs. taking a step back and looking at all of this broadly, mika, again, this is a major foreign policy test for president biden. i think you re going to see them also talk about chemical weapons, the role of china. he is going to end in poland where he will thank the president there for housing and sheltering the many millions of refugees who have fled ukraine, mika. nbc news chief white house correspondent kristen welker, thank you very much. joining us now, former white house director of communications
secretary s decision. that s why he asked for review so he can get a look. will there be review of the first strike at all? the one in mangahar? no. the joint operations announced agreement with the u.s. to reduce combat troops at air base by end of september the statement didn t mention reduction of troop level. can you talk about the coalition and also confirm level of troops will remain the same through at
defer to my colleagues at the pentagon who are more expert in this than i am much of that equipment was made inoperable. other pieces of equipment will become inoperable because there is no ability on the part of the taliban to maintain it. none of it to the best of my knowledge poses a strategic threat to us or any of afghanistan s neighbors. so we have an oversight letter we would like a response on that. let s just quick talk about the decision to close down bagram. the president says this was unanimously decided by the military. isn t it true that the president decided what the troop level would be, a very minimal troop level, the president decided we would keep the embassy open and forced the military s hands, right? in the end it was his decision, not the military s decision to close bagram. the president makes the
in this than i am, much of that equipment was made inoperable. other pieces of equipment will become inoperable because there is no ability on the the part of the taliban to maintain it. none of it to the best of knowledge poses a strategic threat to us or nay neighbors. so we have an over sight letter, we d like response on that. let s talk about the decision to close down bagram. the president said this is unanimously decided by the military. but isn t it true that the president decided what the troop level would be. a very minimal troop level. the president decided that we could keep the embassy open and had to be protected. he firsted he forced their hand. the president makes the strategic decisions when it comes to the draw down, the retrograde to use the technical
the pentagon who are more expert in this than i am, and much of the equipment was made inoperable, and many of the pieces will become inoperable, because there s no ability on the part of the taliban to maintain it, and what we are looking at okay, okay, so we would like a response on that. let s talk about the decision to close down bagram. the president said this was unanimously decided by the military, but isn t it true that the president decided what the troop level would be, a minimal troop level, and the president decided we would keep the embassy open and he forced the military s ends, right? in the end it was his decision and not the military s decision to close bagram? it s the president s